Day 6 – Wow.

Our toughest day since landing, but also our most rewarding. We’ll try to post something a bit more interesting tomorrow but we’re tired and will be heading to bed soon so you’ll have to live with the highlights.

Today it was one more beautiful work of art or architectural masterpiece after another. We started the day with a 6.30 wakeup and a great breakfast. By 9.30 we were in line at the Vatican and toured the Vatican museum on our way to the Sistine Chapel. After that we toured St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s square. A quick bite to eat and some shopping and we were off to the Pantheon and some free time. We ended the day with a brief tour of Rome at night where we saw the Colosseum for the first time. To say that we were a bit overwhelmed today would be an understatement. Words like spectacular, amazing, fantastic, gorgeous, breathtaking, and awesome were all used today, but they hardly capture the feeling of staring up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or the dome of the Pantheon. Our pictures don’t do any justice either.

You can tell that a general lack of sleep is starting to catch up with us. A few colds have sprung up and we’ve also had an upset stomach or two, but so far everyone has powered through. The smiles are still constant, but where we were running to check behind the next corner when we started the tour, now more of us are happy to take the time to sit and enjoy the atmosphere. Us old people are starting to think this younger generation doesn’t have any stamina – we have to make them stay up long enough to do bedchecks.

One more day in Rome, then a travel day with some time in Pompeii, and then our last day in Sorrento and the Mediterranean coast. Hard to believe we’ll be home in a few days.

Oh, and Paul – 6 days without a chicken cutlet.