Our visit to Rome

Kyle and I had such a great visit to Rome for two days with Lisa and Zach! We left Vika with Brian (and she got to spend one day with her "auntie" Nancy) and we took the two hour train ride to Rome. It took a little longer to get settled into our B&B than we expected. That had something to do with us buying our Roma Passes, stopping for snacks, eating at McD's then finding our way on the metro to our stop and walking the rest of the way to the B&B. As you can already tell food became a big part of trip. Kyle ate more than I've ever seen him eat! We took a whole grocery bag of snacks and in 24 hours they were gone - plus we ate three meals a day and had gelato twice a day!

Or course, we saw the main highlights of Rome - the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, The Pantheon, Vatican City, and a few smaller sites; the Cat Ruins/Sanctuary, and The Crypt at Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception church which is full decorated from floor to ceiling with the bones of 400 monks. That was Zach's big request - to see the church with the bones. Both the boys were amazing as they walked and walked and walked. We only had to stop and give them foot massages (peeuww! smelly!) once.

We walked to the top of St. Peter's Dome - 320 stairs up (after the elevator). That was a challenge for Lisa and I as the boys decided to race and ran pretty much the whole way. We gave it our best shot but we didn't quite keep up. As soon as we got to the top the boys wanted to have a drink and snacks (nevermind that we'd just finished breakfast). Lisa and I wanted a full body massage and a bed! (and a shower!). I believe while we were at the top we actually have two snack breaks!

We walked A LOT, rode the metro and the bus - and we still didn't get to see everything that we wanted to see. Hopefully that means that our wish we made when we threw our coins into the Trevi Fountain (to return) will come true!