See our full collection of pictures from our trip HERE. Traveling to Italy The forecast for Wednesday night in Denver showed rain that was to have been heavy at times,…
Rome Landing in Rome, we successfully navigated the obligatory immigration maze the airport architect took great delight in designing to properly greet and confuse visitors. This maze phenomenon certainly isn’t…
The Vatican Amy’s alarm woke us at just after 5:00 am so all could be ready to go by 6:30 for breakfast and to be on the coach that took…
On each morning of our trip, we have been up before 6:00 am to shower and be ready for the day with our bags outside the room for the bell…
Amy’s alarm awoke us from a hot and restless sleep as a result of a faulty air conditioning system that I couldn’t get to work properly even though I tried…
With the portends of a slightly cooler day, we arose when the sun greeted us by shining though our east-facing hotel room windows. The room we stayed in was pretty…
We left the hotel at 7:30 on the coach for the short ride over to the Academia of Art to see the third of Michelangelo’s masterpieces I’ve dreamed of seeing…
We left Rome on a flight that departed the gate on time but was called back for the mechanics to check an unusual reading on a system. The delay cost…