If you're planning a first trip to Rome, I suggest checking these out: a series of HD videos, available on YouTube. It seems there are 12 of them, each focusing on a different must-see site. They are not narrated and the only sounds you here are the normal background sounds. The videos themselves are quite good, though, and give you a good sense of the place being visited. On the YouTube site, you can adjust the definition of the video in four steps from 360p to 1080p. This is handy, especially if your internet connection is not very speedy.
I've embedded one of the videos below, a tour of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Other HD videos in the series include: Castel Sant'Angelo; the Roman Forum; the Colosseum; the Pantheon; Piazza Navona; Piazza di Spagna; Piazza Venezia; Trevi Fountain; Campo de'Fiori; Villa Borghese and Piazza del Popolo; and a brief Rome Trailer.
The occasional, often ill-considered thoughts of a Roman Catholic permanent deacon who is ever grateful to God for his existence. Despite the strangeness we encounter in this life, all the suffering we witness and endure, being is good, so good I am sometimes unable to contain my joy. Deo gratias!
Although I am an ordained deacon of the Catholic Church, the opinions expressed in this blog are my personal opinions. In offering these personal opinions I am not acting as a representative of the Church or any Church organization.
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