Quote of the day: “Thank God I’m home, thank God I’m home…” Lady singing her way down our corridor after enduring a full day excursion to Rome.
Ah, Roma!!
We’ve been here before, so we were off on our own at the crack of docking. Scooted along the foreshore and onto the local train for the hour trip into Rome. We were at St Peter’s by 9am, and so avoided the queues and crowds. Eat your hearts out all you late starters!
St Peter’s is such an impressive church. I’m really glad we made the effort to get back there (last time we couldn’t get in as the Pope was holding forth out the front). It’s the largest church in the world, and contains Michelangelo’s famous Pieta. There are also a whole lot of Popes buried there, which is not surprising when you think about it… Not being of the Roman persuasion, however, we were able to give it the once-over, then move on…
JB redeemed herself today by navigating quite well – did I mention that she got us hopelessly lost last time we were in Rome? Probably had something to do with having a decent map this time! So after a quick, and laughably expensive coffee (don’t even ask…) we shot off down the Corso Vittorio Emanuele (as you do) and eventually found the ruins of the Forum (just by the Coliseum). Man, what a great set of old ruins – and over such a large area as well. We scuttled up the Palatine Hill, and generally had a great time checking it all out.
By then the day was really hotting up, so we gave the Coliseum a miss, grabbed a pizza lunch, then headed back to the Port, and the Dawn Princess. Yes, I agree with the lady: a great day, but wonderful to be back home.
Really enjoy reading your blog and re-living our WC last year. Rome has got to be my favourite city.
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