On about Day 5 in Rome, I started to get sick of the city. So many tourists (I know, I know, Iàm a tourist too, but I'm not one of them), so many aggresive drivers, and so mnay officials pushing you around. Towards the end, we only stuck around the city center longer enough to check two important sites off the list: The Vatican and The Pantheon. The Sistine Chapel was incredibly beautiful, but not quite worth standing in line for three hours for the se...

Wow, I'm tired!Scott and I have walked up and down Rome so many times now that I think I'm beginning to get a hang of this huge city. Since we arrived three days ago, we have seen the Spanish Steps, the Roman Forum, the Colloseum, the Palastine Hill and Museum, Trevi Fountain, and the Palazzo Altemps. The most fun, however, has been the little things, like dodging the intense traffic, napping in a piazza, picking a flavor of gelato, or deciding which dire...