I made the most of my last morning of sleep, having a long sleep in and a laze in the sun. I went out for a bit and wandered, but I didn't go into the city. It was nice just to enjoy the quiet, something that's been very scarce for the last month. The three thirty I went down stairs to join up with the tour for tonight's excursion, only there was no one around! I thought I had missed it. But I kept waiting and finally Patricia, the tour manager came down. I hadn...

So, I'm on my own today. You'd think I'd get something of a sleep in, but the walls are so thin here I can hear everything going on next door. I was awake around seven, but I was able to doze for a while, do some washing and read my book. Around ten, when I was half way through Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' which I started yesterday, I realized I needed to go out. So all on my lonesome, I jumped on the bus and headed out. I took the metro to Piazza Repubblica a...

We had a pretty lazy day today. It was Bec's last day before flying home. She spent the morning packing all her stuff in her suitcases. She had a lot of stuff. The memories of a fantastic trip. Just before lunch we made our way town. We went to Piazza Popolio, with it's twin cathedrals. Bec made an appointment for a manicure and pedicure, so we had some time to kill so we wandered the streets for a time. After that we just headed back to the hotel so she could m...

This morning we left the hotel for another optional excursion. We picked up our guide outside the Vatican. It's Sunday today and you should have seen the lines! They went all the way from the enhance to Saint Peters Square. I'm really glad we went yesterday. It only took us about ten minutes to get in, it's going to take them hours to get in. Our first stop was St Paul's Basilica. I really enjoyed this church. It was really beautiful. I might have enjoyed St Pet...

After the last couple of weeks six thirty shouldn't seem like such an early start but somehow it really does. We had breakfast and got on the bus. We started off with the optional trip to the Vatican. Of course Bec and I have decided to do everything we possibly can on this trip. The Vatican was pretty impressive. I liked the museum and the statues. We went into the Sistine chapel and the Basilica. I was most impressed with the Basilica but really neither meant...