Thursday 21 April 4-22C Sunny We had to get up quite early this morning as tour groups have early entry to the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel.It was really good to be able to walk straight into the museums instead of waiting in line for a couple of hours.We didn't visit all of the Vatican museums as it would probably take 3 days but what we saw was very interesting and consisted of beautiful tapestries, marble busts and figures (the male figures ha...

Wednesday 20 April 4-22C Sunny 6am wakeup call again!!!I thought this was supposed to be a holiday!We made our way to Rome with a stop at Assisi today. It's a 535k trip and with the driver having to stop every couple of hours it makes for a long journey.On the way to Assisi we passed through the beautiful Umbrian hills which were so green.The weather was perfect….nice and sunny but not too hot.St Francis, the patron saint of animals, was born in Assisi i...