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A More Relaxing Roma
It was an earlier start today as we had the first reservation time slot at the Borghese Gallery. Located within the shady, tree-filled Villa Borghese Gardens, this gallery is a showcase of sculpture, as well as some choice paintings. To be honest though, at this point in the trip we're reaching our art-viewing limit. While the masterpieces are still very attention-grabbing, the lesser works all start to blend together after a while. Without a ton of guidance from our guidebook, and ...
A spiritual and artistic quest
Up early and a fabulous breakfast in the courtyard which unfortunately had a few pesty hornets or yellow jackets or whatever they are called. The servers were putting out traps with sugar water in them and apologizing, ...
When in Rome...
... I know).
The next morning we accidentally slept through our alarm and overslept one hour which was actually okay in the end. We got ready and met up with the boys. I tried to get money out of an ATM since I was out of cash and it wouldn’t take it and I didn’t know why. Only after I called Wells Fargo later that day did I realize I had a daily spending limit and that I can only take cash out at places that support the companies on the back of my card. ...
Inspiring
... Real Madrid defeat AC Milan 2-0 in the champions league, and AS Roma go down to Basel, we were considering trying to get to the game, luckily we didn't though,
because the tickets weren't cheap, stadium was empty and they went down.
Day 2 was a Wednesday, which meant Pope day at the Vatican, so an ideal time to check out the world's smallest and richest Sovereign State. We thought it would be a good idea to do a
tour as well. It turned out ...
Roma, the Vatican and Antiquity
... and it was really spectacular. Our guide said that everyone in Rome likes it when the Pope leaves town because the traffic and people are so much worse when he is here. I wanted a special Papal blessing, but today he was in London, and he only does that on Wednesdays and Sundays. She was always mumbling in the mic about all the people, staying in line, who has to go to the toilet, and worried that our group was going to get lost. It was ...