Rome in a day

I actually spent 4 days on the front end and 3 days on the back end of our trip in Rome, Italy, but I will show you some highlights and hopefully I can convey the LOVE of this city that we felt.   Living near Washington, DC I am used to the traffic and the people, but my sister is from quiet little Bristol, Tennessee and she was a bit overwhelmed...and it was the 'off season'! But as one blog friends put it, "I love the chaos of Rome!"

     {view from a Vatican window}

 {inside St. Peter's Basilica}

 {the Sistine Chapel by Michaelangelo}

 {have wine will travel}

{Trevi Fountain}

{Piazza Navona}

{Capitolina}

{the Coliseum}

 Simply amazing. Every time you turn around was a photo op. The metro/bus ticket was 8 Euro for unlimited passage per day and that's how we got around when we weren't walking 6 miles a day (according to our pedometer)!  Plenty of leisurely lunches and cappuccino breaks, wine at every meal, fabulous food and lots of fashionable Italians to watch.  The art in this city is amazing!  (More on that another time!) I loved Rome but it is true what they say about the pick pockets! I had my wallet stolen the second day on a crowded bus.  It didn't damper my trip though and thank goodness my sister covered me the rest of the trip!  Next stop Florence! Have a great day friends- I missed you!