Ceiling Groovy ; Nigel Planer,Formerly Dazed Hippy Neil From the Young Ones,Hits Rome and Heads Straight for the Mind Blowing Glories of the Sistine Chapel

Mail on Sunday (August 21, 2005)

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YOU can have too much of a good thing. Especially if the good thing is to be found in a museum or art gallery. My feet start to throb after the first ten minutes in a historical building.

It's similar to a condition known as Selfridgitis which can come over you mysteriously on entering a department store (not just Selfridges, obviously).

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Ceiling Groovy ; Nigel Planer,Formerly Dazed Hippy Neil From the Young Ones,Hits Rome and Heads Straight for the Mind Blowing Glories of the Sistine Chapel

So, when visiting a city as full of history as Rome, be selective the whole town is a living museum.

Based on my personal prejudices and aching, swollen feet, I'd say the Colosseum and the Forum are worth a morning, Trajan's column is quite fun if combined wi...

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