Roma - one of two posts

Last stop Rome! We were pretty tired by the time we got to our hotel (we walked over a mile from the train station in 90 degree heat) but we wanted to give Rome the time it deserved so 1st stop- Pantheon, 2nd stop- restaurant to EAT! We needed some energy! And both of those things rejuvenated us.

We were central (as in all of the cities) bc we wanted to cram lots in. Rome is so walkable and we didn't just check the Trevi fountain out once but if we felt like it, we incorporated it in our walk home as many times as we could. We spent hours in Vatican City, in St. Peters Basicilia, the Vatican museum and after miles of museum we saw the Sistine Chapel! Another day we spent hours in the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum...so different from the day before- the history in both are mind blowing.

We stopped and people watched at many of the squares- my favorite Piazza Navona, with the Four Rivers fountain. Bought pastries and roamed the streets hoping to find something old~ Of course we didn't have to go to far. And the beauty of Rome is that the husband looks at the map while the wife turns around and points and says...Isn't that it? Gabe and I made a pretty fantastic site seeing team and may quit our jobs to do this full time! We wish....
So enjoy the last set of pics...we'll have some other random ones that will make their appearances but we also downloaded all of them to shutterfly. I'll work on trying to connect the blog to that (may take a year) in the meantime...Ciao Italy! With love.








*We did have some pretty cool bonuses while in Rome.
One was meeting family! We had dinner one night with family that my dad had hooked us up with. What a fun time trying to find out how we were related (our grandmothers were cousins).


*Andrea Boccelli was singing in the Colosseum for only 1,000 euros apiece. Of course we went....NOT! BUT WOW I wish. We did join a few hundred sitting outside in hopes that we could hear a note or two. We weren't that lucky so we got some gelato and walked back to our hotel...and watched it on TV.
*Champions League Final was also being held in Rome while we were there. No tickets available for this either. But this is Europes super bowl with soccer. Manchester vs Barcelona...Barcelona kicked some butt. We hung out at Trevi fountain about midnight the night before the game and literally hundreds of fans were singing their anthems. IT was a bit rowdy and the excitment was contagious. We watched the game on the telly as well.