Sunday, March 21 2010A beautiful morning in Addis Abba Ethiopia and I am in bed at the guest house- a rental home of Paul Morrell. Everett is sitting beside me trying to tear up pages in Val's bible and lunge at my computer. It has been an amazing couple of weeks here and I want to share my feelings of these events.
Two weeks ago today we flew in after three exciting days in Rome- we walked around central Rome to almost every important spot that Jeff Anderson had lined out for us. The way this city is able to merge its ancient history & modern culture is really fascinating & wonderful to see first hand with Val. The first day we wandered around the ancient palaces & colloseum- our tour guide filled us in with cool background stories of the place. Our second day was spent at the Vatican- Art everywhere- in paintings, sculpures, rugs, mosaics, & even the ceilings. We spent several hours gawking until our necks were cramped at the Sistine Chapel. Val & I climbed the 521 stairs to the top of St Peter's overlooking St Peter's square and all of Rome. Amazing to see Michaelangelos work and wonder how he could possibly accomplice all he did. Eating was a pleasure too with pizza by the slice, sandwiches without crusts & a yummy pork kabob on flat bread. Our last day was on Saturday was sunny & bright so the crowds joined us as we checked out the Trevi fountain, the very ancient Rome column and Bernini's square filled with fountains, art, and entertainment on every corner.
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