Today we took the ship recursion bus to Rome where it will leave us at the Vatican and pick us up at 4pm.
This is our second transportation only excursion where we will have 6 hours in Rome on our own.
The bus tour rep gave us ideas on how to make our own walking tour so we end up at the Spanish Steps.
We started out by going to the Piazza Novona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_Navona
where we stopped and had a light lunch at Estratto Conto- prosciutto and cheese sandwiches and chips and cokes.
There was a young lady playing beautiful accordion music.
We then headed towards the Pantheon where we stopped to take photos and then headed to the Trevi Fountain. Last year when we visited with our group the place was packed.
Today we were able to take photos together and of the fountain.
We now headed to the Spanish Steps for photos. It took us 10 mins to reach it.
After photos we headed to a cafe near the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo for coffee and gelato.
After a short rest here we found a cab to take us back to the Vatican to our meeting place.
Here Sophia did some souvenir shopping while I had a gelato at a cafe.
Due to poor planning by our guide the bus was an hour late picking us up and taking us to the ship. We arrived at 6pm and our dinner seating was at 6. We headed directly to the dining room only to be told by the waiter I had to change into long pants which I did.
What a great day- we saw all the top sites in Rome by ourselves by foot.!!!
This is our second transportation only excursion where we will have 6 hours in Rome on our own.
The bus tour rep gave us ideas on how to make our own walking tour so we end up at the Spanish Steps.
We started out by going to the Piazza Novona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_Navona
where we stopped and had a light lunch at Estratto Conto- prosciutto and cheese sandwiches and chips and cokes.
We then headed towards the Pantheon where we stopped to take photos and then headed to the Trevi Fountain. Last year when we visited with our group the place was packed.
Today we were able to take photos together and of the fountain.
We now headed to the Spanish Steps for photos. It took us 10 mins to reach it.
After photos we headed to a cafe near the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo for coffee and gelato.
After a short rest here we found a cab to take us back to the Vatican to our meeting place.
Here Sophia did some souvenir shopping while I had a gelato at a cafe.
Due to poor planning by our guide the bus was an hour late picking us up and taking us to the ship. We arrived at 6pm and our dinner seating was at 6. We headed directly to the dining room only to be told by the waiter I had to change into long pants which I did.
What a great day- we saw all the top sites in Rome by ourselves by foot.!!!
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