Le Grande Tour De L'Europe: Roma, le Finale

We woke up the next morning for our last full day of the Grand Tour of Europe! In the morning, we toured the Colosseum and the Forum, and in the afternoon, we traveled to Vatican City for a tour of the St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. The Colosseum was huge and overwhelming and the forum was long and fairly boring. It was rather hot! For some reason, I thought the Forum was only one building, but it was like all the ruins of the ancient city in the Roman Republic and Imperial Rome, (temples, meeting halls, senate chamber, etc.) Upon exiting the Forum, we walked past the church where St. Paul was imprisoned. We ate lunch at this over priced placed right across the street from the Vatican. For Claudia and I to each get once slide of lasagna and a coke it was over $50!! The big, fat Italian men were rude and expense. Just one coke $8.00! We then toured the Vatican, which is much larger and prettier than you would expect. Then, we ended up at the Sistine Chapel. It was the closest thing to hell I'd ever experienced in my life. We had to walk down at least six flights of stairs; once we got there it was dark, hot, and crowded (just like what I would expect hell to be like.) It was well worth it though! Of all the ornately painted ceilings I had seen in Europe, it was by far the prettiest! You felt like you were a part of the painting it was so huge! After we fought our way out of the chapel, we were supposed to have a free time in a square with a lot of artists, but because the tour too so long, we loaded up and headed to the Hotel Hilary! This made Le Fleur FURIOUS!! Well we got back to the hotel and thoroughly enjoyed our last night in Europe!

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 River Tiber, Roma, Italy

 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

 The Colosseum, Roma

Forum de Roma