tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23078378.post-1142469961851011442006-03-15T18:04:00.000-05:002006-03-16T09:48:52.173-05:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4897/2358/1600/Project1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4897/2358/320/Project1.jpg" border="0" /></a> So what is this a picture of? Well...these are people who didn't properly train for the <a href="http://www.maratonadiroma.it">Rome Marathon </a>subsequently their finish line wasn't at the Coliseum. Or maybe they took my <a href="http://self-size.com/english/page.php?ID=300">fitness tips</a> to the extreme. Who knows? Either way I hope you all take this as a warning and are getting the proper sleep and <a href="http://self-size.com/english/articles.php?ID=223&Section+5&amp;Page=Balanced_Mediterranean_diet_-_healthy_eating_for_the_whole_family">nutrition.</a> Remember, the marathon is only one week from Sunday!<br /><br />Now about those former marathoners in the picture. Well, they really aren't marathoners. It is the crypt of the Capuchin Fathers. The crypt is located at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on the Via Veneto and contains the skeletons of 4,000 monks. It is a combination of Halloween, Six Feet Under and Hannibal Lector all rolled up into one. The monks were buried in a six room crypt between 1500-1870. There are all sorts of designs ranging from circles to triangles and there is even a child size Grim Reaper. It is arranged with all different bones including thigh bones, some femurs, a humerus here and there plus craniums which seem to be quite popular in the crypt.<br /><br />If you have time do make it a point to go. I have visited the crypt on my previous trips to the Eternal City. It is quite interesting and is located in a great section of Rome right on the Via Veneto and near the Piazzi Barberini. There are wonderful shops in the area and <a href="http://self-size.com/english/restaurants.php?CityID=9&City=ROME">delicious dining </a>but that can really apply to almost anywhere in Rome.<br /><br />About the crypt, there is no fee to get in but you are expected to make a donation to the Capuchin monk who sits at the entrance. Oh, by the way, he is very much alive.<br /><br />I will be blogging right up to when the flight attendant threatens to take away my laptop and hand me over to the TSA agent. Besides my fitness tips, get the lowdown on how to <a href="http://self-size.com/english/diets.php">lose weight </a>sensibly with Self-size.com, monks excluded.<br /><br />Ciao,<br />Angie of Trevi<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">ROME WEATHER</span>: Today lo in the 40's with the hi in the mid 50's. The weather forecasted through next Tuesday is not so benne. Lots of rain and the temps still low. Maybe our friendly monks can put a good word in for us regarding the weather.Angela M Lombardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11609297191678654487noreply@blogger.com