Europe 2009 – Day 1

See the previous day for our trip informaiton.


The pictures are:
1. Loading up the car upon arrival.
2. Our noon snack
3. Crossing the Tiber
4. Inside St. Peters - Mary with Jesus.
5. Service at St. Peters.

An uneventful drive to the airport put us there a couple of hours before our flight was to depart. Stacey from Suzie Davis had given us Admirals Club admission tickets so we spent the couple of hours before the flight relaxing and snacking in the lounge.

Then it was off to Rome. The flight took our ½ hour late but arrived in Rome right on time. We waited 45 minutes for our luggage but after it came, we whisked right thru customs and met the up with our driver who was waiting right outside of customs. He shook his head when he saw all the luggage, but we made it with two pieces sitting in the back seat between us.

Checking in was a breeze and they upgraded our room to a balcony on the 5th of 7 floors looking right out at St. Peters Church – was a beautiful view.

Fifteen minutes after we were in the room we were in a taxi heading for Rome. We first stopped at a market called Campo del Flori, then walking to Piazza Navona, then over the Tiber River to an area called Trastervere and then by cab to the St. Paul Basicalla, the only major Basicalla we have not seen in the past.

Then we hopped a subway and went to the Vatican and it was by then 5:00pm. After seeing the Vatican, we took the hotel’s shuttle back to the hotel, made a quick change of clothes and back on the shuttle to the Vatican area were we ate dinner at a sidewalk café.

We asked for their two best pasta dishes and enjoyed a fun meal on the sidewalk.

Then we took the shuttle back to the hotel and are now crashing at 9:30 pm. It has been a long day since we left home but a fun time. Tomorrow will be our only full day in Rome so we will be up early and moving fast!!

Night from Rome.