Roma!

We arrived in Rome on Sunday afternoon. While we were standing in the train station wondering where in the hell to go, a women came up to us and asked if we needed a hotel to stay in. She phoned a hotel and brought us to a place right by the train station free of charge!

We got settled in and started our sightseeing which included The Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, The Spanish Steps, and numerous churches.

On Tuesday we woke up at 7 so we could get to the Colessium before the massive wave of tourists. It paid off as there was no line when it opened. The Colessium is very cool, as was the Roman Forum which is all the ruins from ancient Rome. Palentine Hill is much of the same, and after a while you start to not even turn your head to take a look at buildings that have been there for 3000 years.... By 1pm Brad and I were so exhausted and hot that we had to take a Spanish Siesta (afternoon nap).

On Wednesday we were off to the Vatican. We thought we would be there at the same time as the Colessium, but 5000 other people had that idea as well. So we waited in the longest line I have ever seen for an hout and a half before finally getting into the Vatican Museums. At first I was quite annoyed with the museum, you literally couldn't move because of the crowds and the art was much of the same old things we saw numerous times earlier in our trip. It was all worth it however when we saw the Sistine Chapel. Other highlights included the modern religous art section and Raphael's rooms. We then made a quick visit to St. Peter's square and Basillica which had the tombs of St. Peter and Pope John Paul II.

Today we are off to Sorrento where we will do day trips to Pompeii and the island of Capri. From there it is on a boat to Greece!