There are sooo many good pictures of today but I decided to use this one. Today we saw the Pantheon in the morning and it was really interesting listening to the history of the Pantheon on mums iPhone. Then after that we went back to the Piazza Navona and Thomas got a portrait of himself. After that we went home for a rest before we headed out to the Basilica. Luckily the line wasn't long and we made it through security. As we entered I was amazed at the art and ...

Today we saw the Sistine Chapel. It wasn't as crowded as it could be but it was still quite busy. Inside the Sistine Chapel there was a big crowd and security guards telling us to be quiet. Who did they think we were?? Babies?? They were acting like teachers and telling us no cameras etc. Dad snuck in some photos though :) we moved on and saw some museums and we even saw the Pope mobile, which is the thing that the Pope travels around in with bullet proof glass. ...

Today we got up bright and early to catch the metro to the Colosseum!!! It was amazing and I loved hearing about the history of the colosseum. We bought our tickets and went to see the inside. Dad had got an app that tells you all about the colosseum from the different points of view which is cool. It was amazing! Next we went to the Roman Ruins, it was scorching hot!! We sat down for a snack and then went to explore. We didn't want to stay for long because of ...

Buongiorno It was a very fast drive in the car to Rome. Dad said cars were allowed to travel very fast on the freeways (130kms or more). A lot faster then Sydney. Our Rome apartment was near the Catholic Pope's home ( The Vatican ). We saw Swiss guards, guarding the entrance. Next to the Vatican was (St Peters). We saw lots of paintings and a very big painting on the ceiling that was painted by a famous Italian artist that died long long time ago (Michelan...

Today we left nice and early to head towards our final destination in Italy. It took a few hours to get there and I was over-joyed to enter Rome at last. It wasn't what I expected either but it was still amazing to see what it was like. We stayed in an apartment on a street called Angelica street, our apartment was on the second floor and I was so glad that it had air-conditioning. It wasn't a well supplied apartment though, with no soap, hand towels, toilet pape...