An odd post I know

One of the things I found so amazing from my trip to Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid a  few years back was the fact that my neck hurt. I posted all of the amazing ceilings I saw while on that trip of a lifetime...HOWEVER, little did I know that I would feel absolutely HYPERSENSITIVE going on this trip to Italy.

Hypersensitive in an amazing, breath-taking way. Not only were you trying to take everything in above your head with all of the amazing gold-flecked ceilings and paintings upon paintings upon paintings. The Sistine Chapel was smaller than I had imagined yet just as awe-inspiring and breath-taking....

But you also had to keep your eyes on the FLOORS. Carved marble designs were EVERYWHERE. The intricacies and colors and designed were absolutely BEAUTIFUL and you were almost afraid to walk on them. And you know, as I sit here reminiscing about this trip, never once did I see a dirty floor...the pride on display over our entire trip of Italy is quite the feat. They were so beautiful and thought-provoking and awe-inspiring. What was paintings and museums in France and Spain, became architecture, sculpture and paintings in Italy. Truly remarkable and memorable for sure!!!

 Cool and interesting fact about the below picture. While on our tour of Rome and the Coliseum, our tour guide asked the kids to tell her what color the actual Coliseum would have been, to which they responded white marble. "Correct", she replied, "but why do you think the Coliseum is now only brick and rubble, removing the fact of wear and tear?" No one could respond. She then told us that the answer would be revealed later in the day.

Once we got to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, the fact was revealed. Roman culture is that of recycle and reuse and always has been. They even recycled sculpture!! But the fact is that ALL of the white marble used in the Coliseum was removed and was placed in the flooring of the Basilica!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT??? Never knew that!! (and truth be told, kinda eerie as well begin that so many Christians died in the walls of that horror and now we are walking in a sacred place one the very materials that created that horrific, yet jaw dropping structure)