Monday, July 4, 2011

Day 30: Rome (date: 7/3/2011)

Today was full of all kinds of fun. We started out with another relaxing morning just hanging around and then went to the Vatican in the afternoon. It truly is an impressive basilica.

We were walking around the piazza area and as we walked past the giant obelisk we saw a guy proposing. It was very cute and she said yes. One of their friends was taking lots of pictures. We meandered our way towards the basilica itself and after going through security went inside. My poor camera really can’t take pictures inside so my pictures are blurry and don’t do it justice, but the inside is truly incredible. 


We spent about an hour just wandering around and seeing everything. By the time we finished up at the Vatican we were starving so we stopped at a little pizza place for lunch. The boys had to go home and finish up their homework so I met up with Christine at Piazza Navonna. We grabbed a gelato and wandered around the streets. We ended up at the Spanish Steps and sat people watching for a while. 

We saw what looked like a bachelorette party in progress as well as countless other random things. There are tons of people trying to sell you little crap souvenirs and they bombard you with their items while you’re just sitting relaxing. One guy came up to us at least twice offering the same things. Maybe he thought we had magically morphed into different people.

We sat talking and enjoying the scenery until the sun started to set. We parted ways for the last time in Italy, but I’ll see her soon when I’m back in Dallas. Back at the apartment Tommy was still working on his homework so I just lazed around some more. I’m really going to miss all of this free time when I get back.

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