Hotel Bernini Bristol - A Summit Hotel Rome

We all wake up at 8:00 am. We all take showers and then head down for the free breakfast. It is croissants, toast, ham, jelly, butter, and strawberry juice. Definitely enjoyable. We leave the hostel and lock up our bags in the luggage area. Then we start to do our walking tour of Rome. There is a lot to see, and not a lot of days. We start at the Roman Forums. [Yes, this is the same thing as the play "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum".] We go to a mounument that was ereceted tha...

We wake up in the nice hotel and Melissa is already gone. We shower and head over to the Vatican City. Our plan is to meet Katie at 9:15 by where you buy the tickets for the Vatican. We dont know where that is, but that is the plan. We head over and pull up to St. Peters Square. It is definitely a sight to see. This is St. Peter's Basilica where you see the Pope saying mass to thousands of people in that huge square. There is no line so we walk right in. This place is unreal. There are a ton ...

After we last talked to you, we went to a restaurant recommended by Let's Go, which really hasnt let us down yet, despite Dania's insistence it has become my right arm. Trattoria de Setttimo all'Arancia was truly a great experience. Dania seemed to have her appetite back and I ate a lot as per usual, including fried zucchini blossoms, pasta with mushrooms and roasted potatoes. The pasta with ham was a little salty, but the house red wine was fantastic and the sparkling water came in an oversi...

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, nor could it been seen in one, but we tried to do our best at accomplishing the best of this ancient city in just a few days.

Our first day took us to our our 6th nation in Europe: the Vatican City. St. Peter's Square and Basilica were everything and (spiritually) more than we had imagined and as we entered the sacred doors, we were awe-inspired by all that the building had to offer.

The majestic St. Peter's Basilica held much to humble us. ...