Rome went by so fast that I am not sure I will remember everything that happened. We didn't have nearly enough time to do everything and it is definitely a place I want to go back to.
Again we headed for the train station since Rome is not on the port and we had to head inland. Our first stop off the train was Vatican City. You get off before hitting the main station in Rome. Vatican City is huge and very crowded; or it was when we were there at least. I think it was about a three hour wait to get into the Sistine Chapel. That would have been our whole day so we opted to just look around before heading to Rome. Plus we missed the pope by a day so it was already a wash. He does mass on Wednesday's and of course we were there on a Thursday. And we ended up missing Obama as well; he came in on Friday.
We then decided to make our way to the main city and stopped off at the Piazza Navona. It is a small little piazza with some vendors and of course a fountain. We took the opportunity to sit on a bench and find out which direction we were heading in and what to see next.
Ando and I ended up at the Pantheon, which is now used as a church. The light coming through the dome was pretty cool inside. After the Pantheon we headed to the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain was much bigger and more impressive than I thought it would be. There were a lot of people around it so I wasn't sure we would get a good picture, but we managed to find a good little spot where we could throw our coins in. And in case you can't get it that hand is mine throwing a coin in. Just use your imagination as to what the rest of my body looks like.
It was then onto the tomb of the unknown soldier on our way to the Colosseum. We really just did a quick little stop off since it was on the way. We also saw some more ruins/part of the city that they are still excavating.
We finally made it to the Colosseum and Ando wasn't sure he wanted to go in. Needless to say I won the argument and we paid to go in. You never know if you are going to have the opportunity to see this again and why wouldn't you go inside? We were afraid the line was going to be a little long, but it ended up not so bad and moved pretty quickly. The inside was impressive as well. I'm glad we paid the money to go inside, It was neat to see how there were a bunch of halls and rooms under the stage area; I didn't realize it was like that. Very large and grand especially when you think about how old it is and how they built such a structure.
When we were finished with the Colosseum we realized that we should probably head back to the main train station to get pack to port. We weren't sure what time the trains ran and we didn't want to miss the boat so we figured we should give ourselves more time than we thought necessary. When we were sitting on our train, which came 15 minutes late there was an announcement in Italian and a bunch of people got up and left. Ando and I were a little scared, but we thought we heard enough to figure out that the train was still going to Civitavecchia, the port city. It turned out that the early train we thought we were catching turned into the later train after all. Since the first train was late they just made that train to the later one without a stop or two at the end of the line. Basically it was a service change.
We made it back to the boat in time and didn't get stranded, even though some people thought they may waiting in line for the shuttle to take you back to the ship. You aren't allowed to walk from your ship out from the docks so you have to take a shuttle outside the port area. And apparently some people thought they were going to be left behind and were trying to muscle their way onto the shuttles. Of course they didn't leave anyone behind and we all made it just fine.
When we were back on the cruise ship we got back into our daily routine of hitting up the buffet for some appetizers and drinks. We didn't stay out very late because waters were a bit rough. I don't do well on rough waters and thought it best to just hit the hay as to minimize sea sickness. Oh, and our daily towel animal was......a seal. Ando and I were both wrong with our guesses. We didn't take a picture, sorry.
Rome was crazy hectic; I am not pregnant so I can always have a crazy hectic day.
Again we headed for the train station since Rome is not on the port and we had to head inland. Our first stop off the train was Vatican City. You get off before hitting the main station in Rome. Vatican City is huge and very crowded; or it was when we were there at least. I think it was about a three hour wait to get into the Sistine Chapel. That would have been our whole day so we opted to just look around before heading to Rome. Plus we missed the pope by a day so it was already a wash. He does mass on Wednesday's and of course we were there on a Thursday. And we ended up missing Obama as well; he came in on Friday.
We then decided to make our way to the main city and stopped off at the Piazza Navona. It is a small little piazza with some vendors and of course a fountain. We took the opportunity to sit on a bench and find out which direction we were heading in and what to see next.
Ando and I ended up at the Pantheon, which is now used as a church. The light coming through the dome was pretty cool inside. After the Pantheon we headed to the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain was much bigger and more impressive than I thought it would be. There were a lot of people around it so I wasn't sure we would get a good picture, but we managed to find a good little spot where we could throw our coins in. And in case you can't get it that hand is mine throwing a coin in. Just use your imagination as to what the rest of my body looks like.
It was then onto the tomb of the unknown soldier on our way to the Colosseum. We really just did a quick little stop off since it was on the way. We also saw some more ruins/part of the city that they are still excavating.
We finally made it to the Colosseum and Ando wasn't sure he wanted to go in. Needless to say I won the argument and we paid to go in. You never know if you are going to have the opportunity to see this again and why wouldn't you go inside? We were afraid the line was going to be a little long, but it ended up not so bad and moved pretty quickly. The inside was impressive as well. I'm glad we paid the money to go inside, It was neat to see how there were a bunch of halls and rooms under the stage area; I didn't realize it was like that. Very large and grand especially when you think about how old it is and how they built such a structure.
When we were finished with the Colosseum we realized that we should probably head back to the main train station to get pack to port. We weren't sure what time the trains ran and we didn't want to miss the boat so we figured we should give ourselves more time than we thought necessary. When we were sitting on our train, which came 15 minutes late there was an announcement in Italian and a bunch of people got up and left. Ando and I were a little scared, but we thought we heard enough to figure out that the train was still going to Civitavecchia, the port city. It turned out that the early train we thought we were catching turned into the later train after all. Since the first train was late they just made that train to the later one without a stop or two at the end of the line. Basically it was a service change.
We made it back to the boat in time and didn't get stranded, even though some people thought they may waiting in line for the shuttle to take you back to the ship. You aren't allowed to walk from your ship out from the docks so you have to take a shuttle outside the port area. And apparently some people thought they were going to be left behind and were trying to muscle their way onto the shuttles. Of course they didn't leave anyone behind and we all made it just fine.
When we were back on the cruise ship we got back into our daily routine of hitting up the buffet for some appetizers and drinks. We didn't stay out very late because waters were a bit rough. I don't do well on rough waters and thought it best to just hit the hay as to minimize sea sickness. Oh, and our daily towel animal was......a seal. Ando and I were both wrong with our guesses. We didn't take a picture, sorry.
Rome was crazy hectic; I am not pregnant so I can always have a crazy hectic day.
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