Campane Rome

... are. I'm guessing just one of these off the beaten path Basicilas would blow anything we have in the US away.
-Ruins everywhere-Just walking around the city, there are so many ruins just laying around. A lot of it is half columns or walls or buildings, but it's cool just to lay eyes on them.
-Pizza everywhere-Take every fast-food in a major US city and turn them into pizza joints and that is how many there are here. It is ...

... 4 years painting it. It was his first painting since he was a sculptor by trade! The ceiling depicted the story of Adam and Eve- also learned Michealangelo had a low opinion of women. The large photo on the alter was of the judgement and showed the people in heaven, hell and on earth all being judged the same as mortals.
Walked into the Basilica next which was extremely crowded. I guess I should have expected this since it was the day ...

... good stead for the rest of the trip. The only down side was that the following day we found the same umbrella for 3 Euro in the shops. When we arrived at the Palatine we showed our Rome Passes and were given entry. After about 20 minutes of walking around inside, we realised that we still did not know what the Palatine was! Fortunately there was a Palatine museum on site, so we went and checked it out.  - got rained out.Jumped on a bus headed for somewhere ...

... painted but it was just hard to enjoy and appreciate it when you had people pushing around you the whole time. Anyway we got to the Sistine Chapel, sat for about 15 minutes and looked at it, and finally went through another maze to get out of the museum. It was almost like being in prison, the windows barred and hot, sweaty, thick air of foreigners who don't use deodorant. There was so much art that I think it would take 20 ...

... even been to a class yet! The motorcycle student facilitated the soccer meeting monday afternoon, then I played next to him at the tryout that night, he was a junior and captain of the team. Life comes at you fast, carpe diem, live it to the fullest. I realize my incident is petty and i'm soo soo thankful to be alive. I love everybody back home and everybody who supports me on my journey. I miss you all and hope that my blogs give you an outlet to live your lives vicariously through me.

... for a drink so we got ready, hopped in a taxi and away we went. It was so nice to meet some of my family and they were all so lovely. We walked back to the Trevi Fountain for a drink and called it a night around 11 because everyone was buggered! Now we're off to go exploring again and tonight we head off to our next hotel to start out tour! I will write more soon but I've been here long enough and there's lots of things to see and do here! Take care everyone! Love Sarah and Gavin xox

... we started to wond** how many of these people had been to mass before (our small section was v**y rev**ential which made us happy). Th**e was no announcement before the mass about flash photos but you would assume that people would refrain from snapping them during the mass. This was not the case. People not only took flash photos throughout, they also left on that infuriating fake shutt** click sound on their digital cam**as. This sound is so ...

... person has a Vespa. Reality: Smart cars are a big thing, as are motorcycles/bikes. Scooters are down the list. I read somewhere that the government issued a tax credit or something for giving up Vespas to help the pollution awhile back, but I haven't verified that. 6. Italians are so well-dressed, no matter what you do you'll feel sloppy. Reality: They are somewhat better dressed than their American ...

... chiotle(im a regular now, they recognize me) Gave me the best table , I think. It was a lovely night. So now here is where the Excitment comes. So they walk me to the bus.. I swear Rome changes the bus signs.. Couldnt find the one I took the night before...it is like 10:30. So I fugure I would just get to the Metro and then I would figure it out from there. First mistake. Took the bus to Line B... Well Line B is closed at 9:30pm... yikes.. Where ...

... impressive. Besides, Jason didnt feel comfortable parking our van in those seedy Monte Carlo casino parking lots, and didnt want to use the hotel valet services because he didnt want those young punks taking the van for a spin. Once we passed the border into Italy (also an open border, we have figured out that we arent here illegally like we thought - they no longer stamp passports from EU to EU countries) we got to see San Remo and the Italian riviera. It's like ...