Last week, during a trip to the Vatican Museum, the real feel heat index was 108F and to help offset the heat effects, the Vatican laid out stacks of free bottles of water to assist the hydration of visitors along the museum route. Our tour guide Alissa, who has been doing this for years, mentioned it is the first time she ever remembers such an act of kindness has been done. I list 150 acts, for that is an approximation of the # of people that I saw partake of the free water but the actual # is likely higher. As one of the grateful recipients, I appreciated the Vatican's gesture for it was a hot one in Rome during this inside look at some of the world's most impressive and important works of art.
