Rome and the Vatican

The 3-week trip was wrapping up. All that was left was a train ride down to Rome where we'd have about ten hours to sightsee, then sleep and hop on a plane back to the U. S. of A. We packed a lot into our ten hours in the Eternal City. We first went by Metro to the Vatican (Country 9) and saw the Vatican Museum with the Sistine Chapel along with St. Peter's Basilica. Then we went to the Colosseum area, followed by the Pantheon. It was amazing to see these historic sites! As evening approached we took a walking tour of Rome, guided by Rick Steves in our, by now beaten up, travel book. We saw the beautiful Trevi Fountain just in time for the lights to come on. Dinner was one of our best of the whole trip, at a restaurant called the Sacred and the Profane. Their antipasti plate was alone worth coming back to Rome for! Then it was one last round of gelato, a peek at the Spanish Steps, and a collapse into bed. After 19 or so hours of travel the next day, we were back home in Washington, loaded with memories of a spectacular trip!