Rome, what a place! Luckily, after getting a crazy, law breaking, road raged shuttle driver, we got to our hotel in one piece. We walked around the city and went down to the Coliseum while we waited to check into our room. Taking a tour around the ancient Rome was very helpful in putting a little history into what we were seeing. There were men dressed up in Roman Soldier outfits for people to take pictures with. There were soooo many tourists.


After a little nap in the afternoon, it was off to St. Peter's Cathedral. It was so big inside, it was gorgeous. The ceilings were all vaulted and there were statues of all of the previous Popes throughout the inside.

The marble and the sculptures were magnificent. One of my favorites was Mary holding the crucified Christ in her arms. We listened to a little bit of a service (it was in Italian, so we couldn't understand any of it) and we looked around some more. Unfortunately it was Sunday, so the Museum where the Sistine Chapel was, was not open.

We went instead to the Spanish Steps which was packed with people. It was so fun to be around so many people in the streets and parks.

We made a stop at the Pantheon and sat at a fountain watching all of the people, and ate a little pasta for dinner.

By then it was dark out and we made out way to the Trevi Fountain. It was so beautiful at night with all of the water lit up. It was a lot larger than expected and was beautiful in our pictures. After having a couple helpings of Gelato, we decided to head back to the hotel. We walked all over the city, and when we saw a beautiful building we would stop and take pictures. There were many more than we had thought. The Roman's sure do know how to build a building. The next morning we made our way to the Bus Terminal to meet our bus for the cruise. We had a little pizza, how could you not when you're in Italy, and were on our way. Europe came and went a little too quickly and oh how beautiful it was. We will definitely have to do it again.