Castel Sant'Angelo

Meanwhile, Kim read up on Rome


This is what we bypassed by being here at 7 a.m.

	Sadly, we never did make it in to the Sistine chapel. The line up
	on the day we went was ginormous, and the Saturday that was
	available turned out to be Epiphany (Jan 6) or Christmas to the
	Julian Calendar people (silly Orthodox's) so that didn't work
	out either. Pity too, I really wanted that one. So, suck it up,
	let's move on, we'll do the Castle thing. And yes, Roman Catholics
	are not Orthodox, they came out of the Byzantine Empire of Eastern
	Europe fame (Constantinople). BUT, The observance had its origins
	in the eastern Christian churches. The west generally acknowledges
	a twelve-day festival, starting on December 25, and ending on
	January 5, known as Christmastide or the twelve days of Christmas.
	So there, Michael!
	

Along the way we saw a trolley car


And old men having coffee on the street! A classic!

	Welcome to Castel Sant'Angelo
	Home of tapestries, frescoes and Emperor Hadrian, of Hadrian Wall
	Fame, if nothing else
		Actually, he was a pretty big guy in Roman history, I know this
	because I know of him. And if someone as ignorant of history as me
	can know about him, then by George he's gotta have accomplished
	something.
		But it is strange but I never read anything about him in any of my
	Asterix and Obelix books, where most of my Roman history comes
	from.
	

yup


A picture of me in my younger days