saturday morning

i took a walk to the vatican on saturday morning. not that i'm what anyone would call a good catholic (i'm not going to say that's an oxymoron because my parents would get mad), but the view from the dome is unbeatable.

the vatican and the piazza of st. peter.

god coughed up his corn flakes when he saw the beast of a church the catholics built for him. it's true, read about it somewhere else.
it seats 60,000. now i don't want to piss off any baptists out there, but that makes it the largest church in the world. the top of the dome is 450 feet above the altar. many other impressive dimensions exist of course. in all a very humble offering to god.


um, nice view.
the view of rome from the top of what is still the biggest domed building in the world.



the piazza of st. peter and the big obelisk the romans stole from alexandria about 2000 years ago. it used to be in the circus maximus. imagine moving that thing? "hey, can i borrow your pickup...?"