Today we got up and took our tours of the coliseum. We were on separate tours as there was only one ticket left at 905 and the 920 tours. The tour was very good we got to go in the basement storage areas, the floor, and the top level and everywhere in between. It was great. From there we went to the forum. Which was pretty good but a lot of it was closed for restoration. From there we went to the Capitoline museum. The ancient Roman sculptures were very goo...

So today went on the scavi tour in the morning. Basically we went through the catacombs under the Vatican. We saw ancient Roman and Christian burials culminating in the chapel of St. Peter then into the actual crypt where we saw St. Peter’s jaw bone where it was buried originally and still resides. It was very cool. Especially being in the tiny 16 person chapel under St. Peter’s basilica and seeing St. Peter himself. After that we went to the St. John Later...

Today was a very busy and long day. We were at the borghese gallery first thing waiting before it opened. It was amazing. I really like Persephone and Pluto. It was amazing. The second Bernini statue I really liked was Daphne. From there we went to the Spanish Steps. They were great. But they really do have police officers telling people not to sit down. I do think this really takes away from the ambience and relaxing nature of the stairs. From there we gra...

We made it to Rome. We arrived at lunch time and did a tour of St. Peter’s basilica with a seminarian from Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was a great tour that focused more on the historic-religious aspects of the cathedral. It was unlike any tour of the Vatican I have had before. Loved it. It was free and there was only four people on it. They have moved St. John Paul the second up into the main part of the church which is nice. Also it was much less full then ...