No more Rome! This morning we boarded a shuttle and headed to Civitavecchia (I will never remember this name), and got on our cruise ship! Saying it's huge is an understatement. There's 15 floors (it's three days later when I'm writing this, and I still get lost), and has so many different shops and restaurants and rooms and bars and ... yikes. It's pretty sweet though. Our room is bigger than our last hotel room, which is awesome. It's been tough getting used to...

This was our first official day with no real plans, appointments, reservations, or anything like that. We slept in a little, took our time getting ready in the morning, and it was glorious. We saw the Spanish steps, which were basically a really big staircase jam-packed with thousands of people, so I couldn't even get a decent picture of these stairs. But trust me, they look like stairs. We also went to the Trevy Fountain, which is a must-see during a trip to Ro...

This was a lonnnnng day. We hopped on a train pretty early in the morning and headed for Florence. The train was one of the fancy high-speed trains! Super neat to be on. The little screens on the train showed the route it would be taking, as well as the speed as we went along. The maximum I saw it get up to was 250 km/h. HOLY F%$@! I tried getting a cool timelapse of the trip but there were so many tunnels along the way that it didn't turn out very well. Once...

Today I woke up after sleeping for about an hour and a half, my bloodstreams only being half-filled with blood, the other half liquor. It was a rough morning to say the least. I did, however, make it down to breakfast on time and was ready for the next adventure (albeit with an unwashed face, in the clothes from the night before, and smelling like a brewery). This is what the last few weeks (months) of heavy drinking have prepared me for… game on! Okay, it ...

Today was mostly spent at The Vatican, checking out Vatican city and St Peters Basilica. I don't have too much to say about this tour. Our guide, Susanna, was wonderful and informative. A trip to Rome isn't complete without coming here. The art is actually breathtaking - especially Sistine Chapel. Susanna gave us a bunch of informaiton about specific things to look for while we were checking everything out, and I was so glad she did because I could spend some tim...