Julie and Nate went to Pharmacy School with Shannon in Chicago and we had lots of fun with them in the Windy City. They told us they were going to be in Rome as part of a larger trip and invited us to meet up with them on that leg of their tour. We flew up and had a great weekend hanging out in the Eternal City.
It was Nate’s first time in Rome and
Julie hadn’t been there since high school so we saw many of the typical tourist sites. We were lucky that it was still not high tourist season yet so the crowds were thin enough for us to see a lot without having to stand in a lot of lines. Our first night we had a nice dinner and visited Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps while they were illuminated.
The next day was a busy one- we started off going to the Vatican City visiting Saint Peter’s Basilica and then going to the Vatican Museum. The museum is huge and makes up a collection accumulated by the Roman Catholic Church over centuries. The ticket actually gets you into the 6 
museums laid out over the Vatican Palaces. There is plenty to see and takes 3-4 hours just to get through it.
After the Vatican we walked around the city and visited the Piazza del Popolo where there was a World Wildlife Federation rally taking place and to the Piazza Navona where there was a Communist rally taking place.
The next day we visited the Coliseum and the Capitoline Museum.
It was a good trip and it was nice to see some good friends from the States.
It was Nate’s first time in Rome and
Julie hadn’t been there since high school so we saw many of the typical tourist sites. We were lucky that it was still not high tourist season yet so the crowds were thin enough for us to see a lot without having to stand in a lot of lines. Our first night we had a nice dinner and visited Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps while they were illuminated.The next day was a busy one- we started off going to the Vatican City visiting Saint Peter’s Basilica and then going to the Vatican Museum. The museum is huge and makes up a collection accumulated by the Roman Catholic Church over centuries. The ticket actually gets you into the 6 museums laid out over the Vatican Palaces. There is plenty to see and takes 3-4 hours just to get through it.After the Vatican we walked around the city and visited the Piazza del Popolo where there was a World Wildlife Federation rally taking place and to the Piazza Navona where there was a Communist rally taking place.
The next day we visited the Coliseum and the Capitoline Museum.
It was a good trip and it was nice to see some good friends from the States.
