Breakfast at 9.30am, rested then finished packing before checking out at 12 noon. Left our bags in storage at the hotel and caught the metro out to the Trastevere District of Rome. Crossed the bridge and wandered through the narrow streets. Wandered further up to Piazza Navone. Not a lot there and the piazza was packed with people trying to sell you things and asking you to put your finger in a loop of string. They were much more aggressive than any we had come a...

Breakfast at 9am after a small sleep-in then caught the metro to Colosseo station to see the Colosseum.We queued up for a few minutes before paying €8 each for a ticket which also included entry to Palatine Hill. Spent an hour or so wandering around the colosseum which was huge. Took plenty of photos and video before departing. Passed the Arch of Constantine heading for Palatine Hill, the political centre of Ancient Rome, which had great views over the Roma...

Up at 6am and breakfast at 6.30am. Picked up from hotel by our tour company and taken to their office to pay for our trip to Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento (€96 each!) at 7am. Piled into a double decker bus and departed at around 7.30am. Drove on to Naples with its very scenic location on the side of the mountains overlooking theMediterranean Sea. Only stopped briefly to drop off the people who were going to Capri as part of their tour which was a little disa...

After arriving back from Vatican City we walked around the corner to the Crypt of the Cappuccini Monks. Inside was a bizarre display in which the bones of monks were arranged into shapes and patterns with each crypt having a "theme". Price was only a donation and it was certainly worth a look as something completely different. No photos were allowed but you could buy a postcard! We tried to catch the metro to Repubblica station to see some Roman bath ruins near B...

Caught 9am Eurostar Italia train from Florence arriving in Rome at 10.30am. We walked the ten minutes to our hotel, Starhotel Metropole. Our room was ready so we dropped off our bags and went to reception to book our day trip to Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento for Wednesday which cost €192 for the two of us. Decided to go to the tourist information centre at the train station but after arriving at the train station we found that was no tourist information ther...