Trip to Rome

Our first night in Rome was at the front of the impressive converted old farm dwelling which was tastefully decorated on two levels and the best hotel room I have ever stayed in. I wish we'd stayed there rather than stay the next 2 nights in Rome itself, as the hotel there was basic and cost the same price! We walked over the impressive centuries old steps of the Coliseum and past the Roman forum, where there are so many very old stories.

We visited the Papal Vatican museum, the holy city and the vastly decorated walls of St Peters. We viewed the craftsmanship of the paintings by Raphael and Michelangelo’s Sistine chapel that stared down over us on man’s heavenly aspirations. It felt both strange and familiar to walk on those revered and well worn marble and mosaic floors. We entered the dimmed and hushed Sistine chapel adorned with Michelangelo’s majestic glories to God and as the crowds follow behind us, they seem to mirror the soaring images painted on the walls in an all too real way, and that is the memory I take away with me – the shared hopes of people for a better way.

Later we loitered at the packed fairy lit Trevi fountain and after ate at the Peroni restaurant where there was that fun spirit and energy we encountered once before in Paris.

(all roads lead to Rome, when in Rome)