We spent Lena's birthday this year in Roma. We traveled from the port city of Civitavechia to Roma via TrenItalia... the Italian train system. It was fun traveling with Walt, Tania and my mom & dad on an Italian train. We told stories and before we knew it we were all in Roma.
Our train arrived at San Peitro station and Lena & I walked 15 minutes to Vatican City for our tour of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's cathedral. The weather in Roma was beautiful and the crowds in St. Peter's square were large. We took in the scene at St. Peter's square and then walked a short way to the Vatican Museum to tour the Sistine Chapel.
Roma water... the best!
Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel was packed. It seemed like everyone in Roma was at the museum. We snuck out the "side exit" from the Sistine Chapel to gain access to St. Peter's and did our own "Rick Steves" tour we downloaded to our iPods. Elena & I tried to view the fresco of St. Peter's crucifixion but got yelled by the local guard. We didn't realize the area around the fresco was reserved for sitting and saying prayers.
The highlight of the day was walking to a local pizzeria at the end of our tours. My parents got lost in the Sistine Chapel but Walt & Tania joined us to help celebrate Lena's birthday with great pizza and local red wine!
I'm so glad you got to spend some time in Rome for Mom's bday!! I hope you saved a slice of that pizza for me and are bringing it back as a souvenir.
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