Miss Belle,That sounds like a great memory.I've never had a desire to go to Europe,but you make it sound very interesting. Linda,I'm still checking the USA Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:38:35 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Travels... I wish everyone could see more of the world than their ownneighborhood. It is a fascinating planet. 1987 was the time of my trip to Europe. My niece lived in Munich, Germany and had been asking me to come over so she could show me around. Boy, did she show me around!!!!!We went to Rome, visited St. Peters, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museum .A fascinating place. We spent sometime walking through Pompei (sp) One can only imagine how those people felt when all that hot ash was spewing out of the mountain. 79 A.D. was a long time ago but the relics left behind, the forms of bodies now as stone. I had taken myself back in time for a few minutes but was suddenly brought back when I saw the "PIZZERIA' sign at the exit. In Florence we saw the original statue of David in the museum. I got a couple of good pictures. Rome was a dirty, smelly place. I think the trolley cars (public transportation) were the first ones put in since the chariots were banned. Our hotel was old but clean. Our room had windows to the inside court and we could hear the music and voices of would be opera stars practiicing their scales. Everywhere we walked people were walking and eating, all kins of stuff. It cost more if you sat at a table and ordered. The street market was a strange set up. A stand selling purses could be next to one selling food, the next one selling silk scarves, all messy. I saw the Pieta in St. Peter's, took a picture which came out strange. No flash was allowed but my picture came out with a flash of ligght on the rail in front of the Pieta (the statue of Mary and Jesus) no light was near it to be reflected. More later. Belle ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message