We started our day out right this morning - ate a great breakfast at the rooftop restaurant of our hotel - so quaint and nice! Then we met Armando - our tour guide for the Vatican around 10 am. I said that I would not get back on the Metro - but we did! We felt a little more in control of our surroundings following a true Italian! We arrived around 10:30 and had an amazing tour of the Vatican, The Sistine Chapel, St. Peters and the grounds of the Vatican - Armando was GREAT in telling us (in 3 short hours) all that he knew about the art, sculpture, architecture, the burial of Peter - WOW - what a wealth of information. In a few minutes the kids are going to be given a 'test' on all that they learned this morning :) It was massive but so glad that we had Armando walking us through. OK here are the few things that everyone learned today: Ford - the 'tapestries' and specifically the one with King Herod killing all the baby boys. Catherine - That the Church was named after Peter - that he was the first 'Pope". Taylor - That Peter was buried 7 meters below the center of the Church. Blakely - was most impressed with the ancient architecture. Clark - when Michalangelo first started painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - (on his back) - he did not realize that he painted the people in the first portion too small - he realized this when they took the scaffold away - the next portion he painted fewer people and made them larger. Anne - I loved everything that had to do with the ART - and the SCULPTURE! WOW - amazing! It was a great tour!
We then had lunch - I think everyone is getting tired of pizza - we tried to have Mexican last night - but everyone was complaining about the small portions and that you had to pay 5 euros for a small plate of chips! We like Cantina where they give you way too many chips before dinner! I liked the spot - it was charming!
After lunch today, we walked home and stopped at a local grocery store (it is NOT the Teeter!!!) but we got some good eats for the night and hopefully a good bottle of wine! We are going to hang out and get ready for a full day tomorrow with Armando taking us to the Colosseum - The Pantheon - The Forum. Then we are done with Rome and traveling to Florence! I think THREE days max in Rome with kids - oops my mistake - but we are still having fun!
Side note for Mrs. Boline - there is NO ice in Italy!! None! And if you ask them for some - they will bring you two cubes in a small glass! NOT GOOD :)
We miss you all!
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