Hi everyone! tim got here about almost two weeks ago and we've been having a great time. on monday, we left for our big trip. First we went to Zurich, but the only thing we really wanted to see there turned out to be closed. so we walked around for awhile, but ended up watching a movie on my ipod in the train station until our night train showed up.
The next day, we arrived in Rome. still pretty beat, we didn't do much but bum around the city until we could check into our hostel and take a proper shower. We did get to see this great church and a museum that had cats living in it. Then we got free pizza and beer for dinner from our hostel, which was pretty fantastic. it was really good pizza.
On wednesday we took on St. Peter's Basilica. Holy cow that place is huge. we missed seeing the pope by about 20 minutes, which was pretty disappointing. We did get to climb up to the top of the dome though, and we saw the place where St. Peter is supposed to be burried. We also saw the tomb of Pope John Paul II, which was classy, but plain in comparrison to all the dead pope's tombs around them. (his was just a slab of marble, most had statues and busts and crazy decadent things on them). I forgot, before we went to the basilica we saw some catacombs that had been entirely decorated with human bones/mummified remains. ok, after the basilica, we walked to the Pantheon and then all the way back to our hostel. After dinner, we were fast asleep by 8pm.
Yesterday, we toured the Vatican and saw the Colloseum. the Colloseum was really cool, as were the ruins of the roman Forum next to it. The vatican just kept going and going and going and going and going. there were some crazy mummies there too, though. We also saw the Sistine Chapel which was different than I had expected, and also, way to croweded to really enjoy. Plus, the gaurds kept yelling "NO PHOTO. NO PHOTO. SILENCE. SILENCIO. SILENCE!!" which ruins it pretty fast.
anyway, Today, we're off to Venice!
6 comments:
how cool that you were actually in ROME! it seems so exotic, so (haha), I don't know - foreign. Hope you got a few pics. Enjoy Venice - maybe a gondola ride?
are you at a kiosk for this?
ps we're at 90" now and it's still feb.
love, mom
It's sounds like a dream--I can't believe all the things you're seeing. All the cities that I've read about or seen in the movies--to know that my granddaughter is actually be there gives me the "goose bumps". You are such a lucky young lady--and you'll have so many memories to look back on. You're mom told me she gave you a journal for Christmas--it's so important to write every day. When grandpa and I went to Hawaii and Alaska I kept one, and it brings back such pleasant memories. Oh, and I second your mom--take lots of pictures. Take care-
Grandma
Hiya Miss Trish,
You know, I got to spend 4 months in Scotland in 1986 P.T. (pre-Trish), and it's more than 20 years later and I still wax on about it all the time, the desire to go back is always there, to see things again or to share it w/ somebody. Go Girl!
;) Meg
Me again~
Just came across a cool little site which may help you load up some photos:
http://www.slide.com/
It throws a photo window at the end (or wherever) on your blog entry, and the photos drop in one at a time in a rather scattershot pile, but you can see them as they get added to the pile. Kinda cool.
Meg
Trish,
Wow...what an amazing experience. When you get back in the US we will have to schedule an event so you can share your photos.
I thought your mom was talking degrees. I would have packed up the family and moved to Madison immediately. Then I looked again and noticed she was talking about inches of snow....yeah, we have there here too. Can't wait for it all to melt and to see the tulips bloom.
Take care.
Love, the Barger Junior family
trish elliott...gimme more! update update update.
xo
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