Myke's Photo Gallery: Best of Italy
May 20 - June 03, 2011

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Chef Lella preparing Panzanella, a bread-based salad
Chef Lella preparing Panzanella, a bread-based salad
Making tomato sauce
Making tomato sauce
Rolling out the Ricciarelli
Rolling out the Ricciarelli
Rob and Myke, eating pasta
Rob and Myke, eating pasta
Jackie, Sophie, Rob, Lella, and Myke
Jackie, Sophie, Rob, Lella, and Myke
Duomo
Duomo
Piazza di Duomo
Piazza di Duomo
Duomo
Duomo
Mom
Mom
Benedicton Monk Monastery
Benedicton Monk Monastery
View from the city
View from the city
In the caves...
In the caves...
Wheel for crushing olives to make olive oil
Wheel for crushing olives to make olive oil
The people that built these caves would eat the baby pigeons and also used their poop for fertilizer
The people that built these caves would eat the baby pigeons and also used their poop for fertilizer
Clock tower near Duomo
Clock tower near Duomo
Private Entrance to the Vatican
Private Entrance to the Vatican
Vatican Basilique from afar
Vatican Basilique from afar
Actual mummy!
Actual mummy!
Statue of the Nile.  End of 1st Century AD
Statue of the Nile. End of 1st Century AD
Breast feeding statue
Breast feeding statue
Inside the Braccio Nuovo (
Inside the Braccio Nuovo ("New Wing")
Doorway of one of the rooms in the Museo Pio Clementino
Doorway of one of the rooms in the Museo Pio Clementino
Ceiling in the Sala Rotunda
Ceiling in the Sala Rotunda
Marte of Todi from behind
Marte of Todi from behind
Painting on the ceiling
Painting on the ceiling
Ceiling in the Galleria dei Candelabri
Ceiling in the Galleria dei Candelabri
Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Enormous wall painting
Enormous wall painting
Painted ceiling
Painted ceiling
Stained glass
Stained glass
Giant cross
Giant cross
Front wall of the Sistine Chapel
Front wall of the Sistine Chapel
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Wall of the Sistine Chapel
Wall of the Sistine Chapel
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, showing the temptation of Adam and Eve
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, showing the temptation of Adam and Eve
Ceiling painting
Ceiling painting
Ceiling painting
Ceiling painting
Mute Swans of Peace, 1976.
Mute Swans of Peace, 1976.
Stained glass
Stained glass
Ceiling painting
Ceiling painting
Resurrection Egg by C. Fabergé and M. Perkhin.  1898.
Resurrection Egg by C. Fabergé and M. Perkhin. 1898.
The pope!
The pope!
Water fountain in the Basilique piazza
Water fountain in the Basilique piazza
Ornate Ceiling
Ornate Ceiling
Entrance to the Basilique
Entrance to the Basilique
Marble columns
Marble columns
Ceiling of the Basilique
Ceiling of the Basilique
Another side altar
Another side altar
Statue
Statue
Remains of Pope John XXIII (1958-1963).
Remains of Pope John XXIII (1958-1963).
Side altar
Side altar
The Tomb of the Apostle Peter.  160 AD.  The Basilica was built above this tomb of the first Pope.
The Tomb of the Apostle Peter. 160 AD. The Basilica was built above this tomb of the first Pope.
Dad and Mom at the front
Dad and Mom at the front
Light shining into the Basilique
Light shining into the Basilique


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