Rome is gona be a lot of walking. Its almost like we did the trip backwards. We should have started in Rome when we were fresh and ready to do lots of walking. Then finish in Nice where most of the trip was sitting and driving.
Anyway we have 3 full days left in Rome and it looks like they are all gonna be walking days.
Today we were at St Peters to see Pope Francis speak at noon. It was a half hour walk and waiting for an hour to see him.
We really couldn’t see him that well except on the jumbotron. Also he spoke in Italian, I guess they do that here, so we couldn’t understand him. Otherwise it was great !!!. (If you look closely in the picture above you can see the pope in the window)
The pic above is all the people leaving the square after the pope spoke.
It may not sound like it but I am really enjoying the trip. Rome is an incredible place. The amount of people all over the place is unbelievable and they are from all over the world…
We then came back to the apartment. We ate calezone at a restaurant in the square outside oura apartment, then we were off to see the coliseum. We finally found the ticket line and got tickets so we can go tomorrow. So it was back to the apartment to rest the feet and get ready for more walking tomorrow. Everywhere you look here there are old buildings or ancient ruins.
The pope is much shorter than I imagined.
🙂 🙂 you are a nut. it was actually his St. Patrick’s day blessing and he appeared as a leprechaun. At the end, he jumped up, clicked his heels and said “they’re always after me lucky charms!”
You guys really are holier than thou (me) now that you’ve been blessed by the pope. Do you wonder what else he might have said to you, his pilgrims from Portland?
🙂 I think he would have said that Portland is on the right path: substance over form. 🙂 maybe he’d like to borrow our (borrowed) bumper sticker: Keep the papacy weird!