Rome

Been having an unbelievable time in Rome. For me, having been here once with my parents,  this city has such a comforting sense of familiarity after Athens. We visited churches until we were all churched out; personally, out of all the amazing churches we visited, including absolute highlights like St Peter's, one which really stood out was actually the "minor" once which had been converted from a Roman bath, the Santa Maria degli Angeli e Martiri. It just had such a wide, soaring open space; there were no aisles to clutter up the centre, and you could actually see the crucifix structure of the floor plan; and the sheer openness and airiness was a soothing balm after so many crowded buildings.

In other news - at the risk of repeating others' comments, which I have not read, we mad WHT history by being the first group to be kicked out of the Sistine chapel. Some of us were taking photos and got caught by the guards. For some reason, Mr Buckingham and a few others were able to escape the purge, and managed to stay in there for quite a while longer; of course, we had to wait fr them when we got out!!!

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Howell Fu