Wednesday night created one fantastic lightning storm with a bit of rain, result of this the hotel had no computer systems for a few hours and our problem was that we needed to print off our tickets to enable us to tour the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel, eventually we were on our way and of course once we came up from the underground it was raining, not heavy but annoying, we headed straight for the Vatican Square only to realize we were in the wrong area...

We are staying at the Mercure Hotel Corso Trieste which is about 5km out of Rome city and a lovely quiet hotel in a very quaint little street with a church at the end of the street, and the metro station is about a 5 minute walk, but on our way to the station this morning we found part of the main town and called in and had a coffee fix, then back on the train line to the main central station as we had decided to forgo Venice and stay in Rome until Sunday and we ...

Once again up early, just to finish packing and to make sure that the apartment was left as clean as when we arrived, finally saying goodbye early morning and catching a taxi to the airport, we both loved Barcelona and only wish we had more time to do the sightseeing properly, but the main reason for this stop over was to catch up with Carolyn, Sheree and to celebrate Tania's 60th birthday, it was great to see them, have a few laughs, talk about old times and hav...