We jumped on the train early today to get a connection to Civitavecchia To catch our Ferry to Barcelona Landscape well developed along this 70 km stretch of flat Agricultural land Well developed in small plots with my favorite surprise crop Mielies or Maize We arrived into this beautiful town next to Middle land sea and a very busy harbour Lots of Passenger ships we counted 5 are anchoring here and spill out their passengers for Day trips to Rome We just c...

We went again on the bustour around theron attractions It is a hop on hop off and we do it for second time I have never seen so many tourists in my life the streets are full the sites are packed with hundreds and hundreds of sight seekers just as eager as we to see the beautiful sculptures at fountains and the Majestic buildings That was we expected in numbers for our world cup as we saw Monday morning out of season The lines to get in into the st Peters cat...

We arrived in late afternoon at the St Peters Square after city tour and our luck the lines waiting was short and we went through very strict security like going on a airplane And there are the dress police No short pants no woman with sexy provocative clothing Passing all that we in and again awesome Breathtaking big and we could study and look at the Pieta sculpting at ease because of no tourist Walking and looking and just wonder at the skill of craftsmen...

We hastened like young children on a new playground out of our neat monastery for the streets of Rome The fist municipal bus we hop on and just say VatIcano and there we go Italian drivers are all schooled in municipal busses and those that did not make the Grand Prix circuit stays highly frustrated on municipal busses or trains We reached st Peters Square and it was breathtaking beautiful It is big very big and built like no other building I have ever seen ...

We opted for the bus instead of train to travel from East Coast to West Coast of Italy Lovely double decker with ample leg space and very reasonable price Roads are excellent these Italians love concrete and leveling Plenty of bridges that makes our Masterpieces at Bloukrans look like a small river crossing Any case roads are very good and traffic flows because of low gradient of roads We stopped at a ultra-city type road side cafe. This cafe is stocked righ...