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We have arrived in Rome. The flight with Air Canada a 767-300, went well. No panic attack by anyone but no one slept. We arrived in Rome at 7:30am We went through customs and picked up our bags with no problem. Our driver,Renato, was already waiting for us..What a nice guy. Talkative an charming. What would you expect, he is Italian. The same with …
Stop over in Rome
We left Florence in the mid afternoon for Rome on a EuroStar ES TGV train. We all enjoyed our train experience on the EuroStar ES trains. They are comfortable and quiet, considering they travel around 200 km/hr. I recommend to anyone who wants to travel in Italy to use the TGVs. You avoid the long hours of driving, arrive to destination much …
Roman Holiday - Last Day
... 4-5 years to paint and is equally impressive.
We left the Sistine Chapel amazed and glad we hung in there through all of the corridor walking with the other 2,000 people. We spent some time afterwards in St. Peter's Basilica looking at the art and listening to the audio guide. It certainly is very big in there and overwhelming in many ways - but certainly something to see when you are in the neighborhood.
With the four major sites of the day ...
Christian Rome
... of the Holy Cross, a nail used to fasten the physical being of Christ to the Holy Cross, thorns taken from the crown of thorns that lay on the head of Christ and soil from Mount Calvary (the site of the Crucifixion). With our Christian Rome tour completed we headed back to the hotel.
Considering it was now lunch time we ended up at Florians near Termini Station for something to eat and drink while sitting back to watch a peaceful demonstration that we ...
Doing it Gladiator style
... to get some food and some drinks to take home..boy, did they see us coming. We left the place feeling ripped off ! I said to Linda " I really miss some of the conveniences of home….like Subway or Starbucks on every corner!" Tomorrow we are planning on seeing some piazzas and a museum and I know I’ve seen a Mcdonalds some where along the bus route. Well enough for tonight as it’s now 1:00am ...