Our last day in Rome
Vatican
Vatican
St. Peters Today was a full day of sight-seeing. We spent the morning at the Vatican Museum, St. Peters and the Sistene Chapel. Amazing! Then we went to a group lunch at Nautilus, a local restaurant, for some great food. After lunch we toured Galleria Borghese, on the grounds of Borghese Gardens. A former villa of the Borghese family, it now exhibits their collection of paintings and sculptures by artists such as Raphael and Bernini. Being interior design students, the places today were incredible to visit in terms of both the art and the architecture. After we were to go to the National Museum (Museo Nazionale Romano), but we were getting pretty tired, so our tour guide, Paolo, suggested instead we visit the Tomb of the Unknown Solider (which is on a hill with an unforgettable view of the Roman Forum and Colosseum) and Piazza Navona. The Piazza is a huge public square, with a Bernini fountain, street artists, lots going on, shops and restaurants. Paolo took us to the best (says he!) gelato place in town, where he recommended the truffle ice cream, and we didn't argue! It was a relaxing end to a busy day.........
The rest of the day and tonight are free for everyone to check out what they may have missed, such as the Pantheon and Spanish Steps (both within walking distance of our hotel).
Tomorrow we leave at 9am (local time - that is 3am EST) for the 3 hour bus ride to Florence (or Firenze, as they say here!).
Thanks for the posts to the blog, and I am relaying the messages. Everyone is doing fine, and seems to be having a great time!
posted by jfick at 11:21 AM
7 Comments:
Tell Emily Gross and Jason to be Good and stay out of trouble!!! Ha-ha! Miss you all and hope you bring back lots of pictures! See you soon!
~Emily Townsend
tell stephanie billerman mom says hi,, hope you are having the best time!!!
Tell Kiely Callender her best friend Lisa says hi and to have a great time. I miss you lots and can't wait to see all the pics!
Hi,David Chapin. Sounds like fun!
See you next week!! Mom & Dad
I've been reading the blogs, sounds like a blast!!! Can you tell Sara Wehrli that Josh and Traci miss her like crazy!!!!
Thank you so much for all of the decriptive updates!! From one designer to another I am extremely jealous of you all right now!! Please tell my neice Kiely C. that we all miss her and love her...and that her Mom is doing fine. I'll keep reading...Holly M.
Hi Carolyn!
Sounds like you are all having a great trip. Thank you for the up-dates, they are really, really fun to read. Enjoy the time over there,travel safe and experience as much as possible.
Love, Mom and Dad
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