This is our last post from Italy - and we've certainly had a big day. This morning we were all out of our apartments (with military precision I must add) by about 6:30am for our early train to Rome. Unfortunately we had to change trains again at Foligno, with one guy helping to transfer the suitcases until he asked Nancy just what she had in her case - the whole house, I replied. It seems that not everyone is travelling lightly!
Once we got to Rome and had checked in again at the Hotel Mariano, we headed around to the station to sort out tickets for tomorrow's last journey to the airport, grabbing a quick snack along the way. We then took Rome's underground train, the Metropolitana, around to the Vatican. The line to enter St Peter's Basilica was quite long, leaving us only enough time to have a quick look and to begin to appreciate just how big it is. At 2pm we made our way to the Vatican Museums to pick up our pre-ordered tickets for our 'short itinerary' visit. It's hard to describe the scale of the museums - room after room of unbelievable relics and works of art, making us all marvel at the creative genius of those who had accomplished so much. The high point of course was the Sistine Chapel, which by most accounts wasn't what the girls had been expecting. Another snack was enjoyed before we finally descended via the double helix staircase and wandered our way back to the hotel, saying arrivederci to the Colosseum and the Forum along the way. A final fling in the shops in the train station and our last dinner (including affirmation pages) rounded off our time here.
Next stop - Singapore!
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