Standing next to the mammoth stone walls, surrounded by thousands of years of history, I found myself thinking that it was almost dreamlike. The scene had a surreal quality, almost as if I were standing on a set of a Hollywood movie. Even now when I look at the photographs we took I can’t shake the feeling that it was nothing more than an elaborate fairy tale. This year my wife, daughters and I took the vacation of a lifetime to Italy with stops in Rome, Florence, Sienna, Venice, Cremona, and Verona. We visited so many wonders it is hard to describe them all. How does one adequately describe the awe of walking into St. Peter’s Basilica with its soaring ceilings nearly twenty stories from the floor? What words can express the beauty of the Trevi Fountain or the canals of Venice dotted with gondolas and their singing gondoliers? Where can anyone find the words to convey the magnificence of Michelangelo’s David or Sistine Chapel? Italy is home to so many beautiful works of art, so much st...
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