Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Well, the seven of us left Denver Tuesday morning and arrived here in Rome at 7:30am, Wednesday. Such a long day! Delta served us dinner and breakfast! I have to say that I did not think any airline served real food any more(as opposed to just snacks). We took a van from the airport to the hotel (it cost us the same to do this as it did to rake the train, so we voted for convenience). We of course had to get some Euros from the ATM-US dollars won't work over here! It was too early to check in, so we left our bags at the Jotel Spring House, then walking to the Vatican, one block away. The Vatican is huge!! It is comprised of at least a dozen buildings, not the least of which is the Basilica. The painting inside are fantastic-all the colors, the gold leaf, the carvings... After we finished at St Peter's Basilica, we took an elevator part way up to the top of the Coppola, which is the inside of the duomo (dome). Even with the elevator there were 320 some stairs left to climb!! Round and round we went-we were dizzy by the end!! But the view of the city was well worth it! You can see forever it seems. The back to the hotel, showered the out for a light dinner. Ciao!