A more relaxing day to finish off our Roman stay- a visit to the Catacombs and EuroRoma- Rome's newest shopping mall! Lots of bags accompanied us on the bus and train back to the hotel! Finally on our last night at our restaurant for dinner, the boys got a photo with our female waitress! Tomorrow Florence! "Arrivederci Roma"

Another jammed packed day in Rome. A guided your of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum- our guide Francesca told us lots of interesting facts about both sites. Then lunch and a visit to the Pantheon- which is now used as a church. What a building! Oh, we also managed to include some shopping! Unfortunately when we got to the Trevi Fountain, it was closed for restoration, but we still got to throw a coin in a made up smaller version. We told everyone it meant we wo...

We set off from Sorrento on our way to Rome. We had a very special stop over first to a place close to us all- the birth place of our founder Thomas Aquinas. He was actually born in Roccasecca, so we visited there first, seeing his original home and church- what a trek that was! But a very beautiful and worthwhile stop. Then we travelled to the next town of Aquino to see the new and modern church that was built for him and we were blessed to meet the parish pries...