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The Holy See
... commentary and more interested in a place Dr. Lee took us to, which competes annually for the best gelatto in Rome, by extension Italy, by extension the world. It's not worth getting into all the philosophy spilled over it, so suffice it to say that all my dairy-based deserts in the future will probably be simply a footnote to Giolitti's.
After way too much way too good gelatto I caught a bus back to the hotel, posted up for a few minutes and ...
Early morning explorations before start of tour!
... say the least!
Our luxury motor coach departed exactly at 10:30am from our hotel. Ciro, the driver, had parked this huge monster of a bus right in front of the doorsteps regardless as to the street being really quite narrow. I just wondered how he managed to do it without even scratching any of the smaller cars parked alongside the street. I would definitely have panicked ...
Roman Ruins
... 8211; the ruins of an ancient Roman town, once inhabited by Julius Caesar. After these visits most people in our tour went back to the Hotel to rest. We braved it out with a few others – Charlene, Brian and Jim from the US, to visit the last must see stops in Rome. It wasn’t ideal to continue traipsing through Rome in the heat wave, but it had to be done as we were leaving tomorrow. On our walk we came across a man dressed up as a Gladiator – he heard ...
Roamings and Romans
... Italian driving. I’m sorry to have to report that I lost my pedometer sometime on the last trip. Many of you know I often have a small one clipped to my waist. We find it mildly entertaining to see how far we’ve trekked. I sure missed it in Rome, because I thought I’d walked far when I visited with my neighborhood girlfriends a couple of years ago. I think we did at least double the 12 miles of ...
When in Rome
... building in Rome.
After our quick visit inside the Patheon, we decided to have some lunch, which, don't be shocked... was pasta and pizza. :-)
From here we made our way to the Vatican... and once again, quite like the Colosseum, the line was even longer... people where lining up who wouldn't of got in before closing time...so we opted for the guided tour again to skip all the lines.
As we made our way from one country to another, we began the Museum ...