Woodbury Island Adventures: Rome

Rome, as the capital of Italy, is definitely the most populated. We traveled from Florence to Rome again by high-speed train. The first day there we walked to Piazza del Popolo. Then we headed to Museo E Galleria Borghese. The gardens we had to walk through to get to the Galleria were so beautiful and filled with people and families enjoying the outdoors. We enjoyed a walk to see the Spanish steps, which were under construction, and then to dinner. On day two, we headed for our Colosseum tour. We did a tour where we could see the third ring (where they kept the animals) and then also go all the way to the top - definitely worth it! After the Colosseum, we walked all over Palatino Hill and then saw the Roman Forum. We grabbed lunch at little cafe with again great food. Then we proceeded to the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. On our last day in Rome we went to the Vatican City. Vatican City is an independent country, and although it uses the euro – just like the rest of Italy – it does have its own postal system. It was fun for the kids to each pick a friend to send a postcard to from their little post office. We toured St. Peter’s Basilica and went up to its Cupola, which had an amazing view. For lunch our tour guide had told us about his little local pasta shop to stop at…AMAZING! Then we headed over to see the Sistine Chapel (way too many people). After that we went back to our hotel and then went out for a late supper. That was when I was asked by a family from Connecticut “do you ever get asked if your husband looks like Anthony Edwards.” We enjoyed Rome and its history but there were to many people for us.