Some holiday memories. We were told on a tour of The Sistine Chapel that the Pope that built the chapel asked Michaelangelo to paint it for him. Mike was an engineer and sculptor but not a painter.The Pope pressed him so he got two skilled artists from Florence to teach him the painting and decorating game.Then he improved on their methods and created a masterpiece.
We were shown The Collesium which had a capacity to hold 80,000 spectators and was capable of being vacated in ten minutes. Thought about Bertie Ahern's arena.
There is also the ruins of Circus Maximus which held 400,000 people.
In Florence we saw the statue of David which is magnificent. Also some early creations of Michaelangelo which look unfinished but have the appearance of the subject escaping from the hunks of stone.