I’m in a little farmhouse. The closest town is 15 ish minutes away. The closest one with internet is like half an hour. We are loving it!! But I need to go back to Rome…
Well, we went to the Vatican on Monday. It was pretty cool, though *cough* a little boring. You guys know what the Sistine Chapel is, right? Its part of the Vatican, and it was a bit of a disappointment. I could barely see the ceiling, and it was tiny and sooo full of people. I might appreciate more if I wasn't tired, too. :P Other parts of the Vatican were sweet, though. There were ceilings that looked totally 3D, like they were carved, but they were just painted. It was crazy!! The last part of the tour thing was St. Peter’s Basilica. It was really big, and made of some kind of really expensive marble. (It was red, but I can’t remember the name. Our tour guide said if you took a piece and sold it, you could go into retirement.) Right before we left I looked at Mom and said: “Isn't it interesting that people here will spend so much money on their churches, while in India we have church in the basement of a hotel?” (That was not word for word). It frustrates me sometimes when I feel like ai have so little and I want to do so much!! I guess I'll just have to buy St. Peter's Basilica. xD haha...yeah...
The next day (Tuesday) we went to the Coliseum. We had a tour, but we missed it. :( We got audio guides, but I didn't use mine. I listened to like one thing. I took a bunch of pictures though. That day we also saw some ruins, which Mom was fascinated by, and the rest of us were bored to death by. And then that evening, we had another tour all over Rome. It was pretty cool. Did you know that it’s illegal to touch the water of the Trevi Fountain? Because over 1000 euros get thrown into it per day!! People used to take the money out, and because people had pretty much thrown their money away, they couldn’t really make it illegal to take the money.
Wednesday, we got on a train and traveled to Florence. We rented a car in Florence, and drove to our house. So that’s where we are!!! I’ll post pics, asap. :)
Wednesday, we got on a train and traveled to Florence. We rented a car in Florence, and drove to our house. So that’s where we are!!! I’ll post pics, asap. :)
