Our Last Super in Rome

Rome Day 4

Today we saw a few more things. We were all supposed to see the Vatican Museum and the Sistine chapel, but the line was over 5 hours long! Brodie and I elected to go and see some ruins we hadn't seen yet and Amber paid for an expensive private tour that let her skip the line. She loved it and I was glad she went but my feet enjoyed the lesiurely day instead. Amber couldn't take any pictures of the chapel ceiling because the Japanese bought the rights. I borrowed these from the web.

Brodie and I had some great pizza by the slice. You point out the kind you want and how big a slice you'd like and then you pay based on the weight of the pizza. We tried ham and cheese, peppers, and some kind we couldn't identify. The pizza was fabulous.

We planned on meeting Amber at the Spanish steps at 3, 5, 7, or 9 depending on how long it took her. We weren't sure she'd be able to skip the line. Nevertheless she made the first rendezvous at 3. We wondered a bit and Amber and I decided to try a sicilian restaurant her guidebook recomended and Brodie wanted to go see the Italian Soccer team get some metals by the Italian president. All indications were that there would be a million people attending the party. Our shuttle bus driver in the morning was still humming the team song to himself, and we over heard him muttering under his breath, "Champions de le mondo." Champions of the world!

The Sicilian food was great. We had 3 courses and were too stufed for dessert. This was our last night in Rome. Tomorrow we are on our way home. I think we are ready. Its been a long fun, interesting, exausting, delightfull, sometimes frustrating, trip. Amber and I have decided we'd like to come back to Europe in, perhaps, 4 years for the next world cup.