Our last full day in Rome. We decided it was time to take in the Vatican as well as the Borghese Villa museum which is near our hotel. Unfortunately it was a very rainy day. We bundled up and firmly pressed our Tilley hats on our heads as they work great to keep rain off your glasses. Off we went, It’s quite a walk across Rome to get to the Vatican and as we were accosted by an unending slew of people selling umbrellas it took longer than normal. Are they crazy...

I’m so sorry it’s been so long. Honestly I’m tired when we get back to the hotel. Each day is a lot of walking and sightseeing. They have I’m assuming wonderful public transportation including metro, buses, trains etc but we have not stepped on one of them. Our hotel is near the Spanish Steps which puts us in walking distance of quite a bit. Don’t get me wrong, you need to be a serious walker to do this as it’s about 20 minutes to the steps if you fin...