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The Journey Home — Day 1 — Rome

So after seven days finally a bit of time to write a blog about day one in Rome. BITN booked us into the Floris Hotel on Via Nazionale. Very convenient and about a ten minute walk from the Trevi Fountain, if you go in the right direction. Make a left out of the hotel. If you make a right you are just two minutes from the Metro station to the Coloseum or Vatican. Also, right outside the door is an excellent restaurant “La” Buca Romana.

After the free breakfast at the hotel, we hopped on the Metro to the Vatican. It was surprisingly easy to use as the have the 3 steps highlighted and you can insert your credit card. It appeared as if everyone was going to the Sistine Chapel that day. Man, was it packed and hot. Be sure to bring water, especially if it’s as hot as it was when we were there. If you do a tour, and I suggest that you do, it’s about 2 hours until you actually get to see the chapel. It’s not as big as I expected, but still quite a sight to see. Sorry, no photos allowed.

After the tour we gathered our luggage at the hotel and went off the to station to get the fast train from Rome to Naples. We’ll…when we got to the station nothing was leaving and the delays were mounting. My wife and kids went upstairs to find some seats and I figured I should wait by the board. Nothing was showing for our train until 5 minutes before we were supposed to leave, when the flashed the track. I had to call my daughter run! So we get on the train and leave about 15 minutes late only to arrive in Naples 2 hours late. But at least we were on the train. Tomorrow Naples