Our Two Weeks In Northern Italy!: Day 6 - July 12, 2013

We met for breakfast at 7:00 am and on the bus at 7:30 am - First stop - The Vatican and Museums and then the amazing Sistine Chapel - world famous for Michelangelo's ceiling paintings and The Last Judgement. We continued to St. Peter's Square and the Basilica! This is the largest cathedral in the world and it was my favorite...we took many photo's here and then met in front of the Vatican for a professional group photo which I purchased for $10E (totally worth it) Michael and I went shopping at the Vatican shop and bought 5 rosaries, 3 made from rose petals, a beautiful red mosaic hand made cross for me, and a few Pope Francis items for souvenirs. We had everything sent to the Pope to be blessed and then delivered to our hotel room by the end of the day!

We then went to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum and it was extremely hot, but how awesome to be standing in one of the oldest structures in Europe!! Back to the hotel for a 2 1/2 hr. break - At 3:30, back on the bus for the Italian Treasures tour of the Trevi Fountain! Michael and I bought Gelato for the 1st time! I always get the coffee flavor and Michael had Nutella (his absolute favorite flavor ever). We walked from street to street slowly with our local tour guide, to the Pantheon and ended at the Piazza Navona. We also had frozen espresso with whipped creme after the visit into the Pantheon with our new friends - Kay, Marc & Alex. We were back at the hotel by 7:00 and we ate dinner in our small bar in our hotel - burger & fries and a cheese plate. It was very good!! We walked 11 miles today and we needed to rest but it was a ONCE IN A LIFETIME TOUR OF ROME!!!! Totally worth it!