Rome

Even though at this point we have already visited Rome and Venice and are on our way home I am trying to catch up on posts and atleast give you some pictures from those places. Rome was impossible to do anything with the internet because they didn't offer any at our monestary. That's right, we spent our 3 nights in Rome at a monestary! We were also located just outside the Vatican walls, so how much more appropriate could we be? You might think that it would have been an usual experiment, but we had a blast staying there and it was one of my favorite places we have ever stayed. The nuns that ran the place didn't speak a word of English, so my broken Italian and gestures were enough to figure everything out. The rooms were incredibly clean and we were just a 5 minute walk from the Vatican and seeing St. Peters square and cathedral.See the pictures below.

The name of our monestary where we stayed. It honestly was one of the coolest experiences we've ever had.







Here we are in St. Peter's Square in front of St. Peter's Cathedral. The balcony behind us is where the Pope resides.






Inside St. Peter's Cathedral. Probably one of the most beautiful, elaborate, and outrageous cathedrals we have ever seen!

We saw everything in Rome, from the Vatican Museum that includes the Sistine Chappel, the Colossuem, the Roman Forums, the Pantheon, Castle San' Angelo, the Fountain of the Four Rivers, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish steps, a ton of pizza and of course so much gelato that I don't think we can look at any ice cream again.

Inside the Colosseum. What an iconic site to see on such a beautiful, sunny day.

Down below the main floor of the Colosseum.

Jason and Lisa at the Fountain of the Four Rivers.

Getting gelato- honestly I don't remember what time of the day or where this picture was taken at, because no matter where we were in the city we were eating gelato... and loving it!!

Just a quick shot of some pizza that we sampled in Rome. Delicious!!