When in Rome . . .

Well, so much has happened in the last few days since I last posted and I am really sad that this computer again doesnt let me put pictures on (no memory card slot) becuase I took some pictures specifically to show you all!

We left Cinque Terre and headed south to Pisa. We thought that seeing the leaning tower would be kind of lame, but it was just the opposite! It was such a fun, iconic sight to see and we were both so glad that we did it. Then it was quite the adventure to get to the Pisa airport to pick up our rental car. We then were off on the road to our B&B outside of Siena.

George did a great job conquering the roads of Italy and staying calm as cars flew past us (at least 20 miles over the speed limit!) I tried to attempt to navigate us through towns and roads on a map that was lacking a number of roads. We made it though to a wonderful place outside of Siena.

The next day we spent the day driving around hill towns of Tuscany. We were able to see little towns, getting a taste for small town Italy and driving down roads that would be considered sidewalks in America. Then we headed into Sienna (a major town south of Florence) to have dinner. We throughly enjoyed our days in this area, but it was short lived as yesterday we headed out for the long drive to Rome.

We arrived at our Roman hotel at around 5 last night and were thrilled that we had a beautiful room in the midst of the big city. Last night we went to the Trevi fountain and had a great dinner nearby (I had the best Calzone!) Then today we headed to Vatican City and went through the museum, the Sistine Chapel and then to St. Peters Basilicalla (the biggest church in the world!)

We are taking a rest this afternoon and then off to the Spanish Steps tonight and to the Collusum and the Forum tomorrow before we head home on Friday morning. It has been a great trip, but we are also lookign forward to heading home. Cant wait to show you all the pictures soon!