My Favorite Rome Pictures

We arrived in Rome at about 7 am on August 13th. Taking an overnight flight was a big mistake. The munchkin was wired and running around everywhere. On the flight to Bahrain she did fine except when she had to be strapped to my lap during take off and landing, and all the flight attendants immediately rushed over and asked if her ears were hurting her. Nope! She's just being a little toot! As soon as she was free to roam she was fine.

She was completely wired while we were in Bahrain for two hours. Thank goodness we had business class tickets because the business lounge had an awesome children's area with toys and she could run around without bothering anyone and we didn't have to chase after her. 

We immediately checked in to the hotel once we arrived in Rome and all took a 4 hour nap. The time difference was only 2 hrs, but since she didn't fall asleep on the plane until 2 am Dubai time, it was like we all had jetlag anyway.

That afternoon we went to the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. 

{Trevi Fountain}

On day 2 we got up, ate breakfast, then went right back for a nap! That afternoon we went to the Spanish steps and got a drawing (caricature?) done of all 3 of us. It took way longer than we thought, so that's pretty much all we did! Lily fell asleep on the walk back to the hotel so we stopped for our first gelato. The whole menu was only in Italian so I just said "chocolate and vanilla?" hoping for the best, and he understood me. It was delish! It was a yellow vanilla that tasted like yellow cake, and the chocolate tasted like brownie batter. YUM!

{Lily sitting for her portrait}

{The finished product. What do you think?}

Later that afternoon while waiting for Jim's parents to arrive, we walked across the street to a little park and let Lily run around. It was her first time on one of these little bucket swings, and she loved it!

{Swinging in the park}

{Lily getting a ride through the park}

On Day 3, we made a quick trip to the Colosseum in the morning before we had to take the train to the port and board for our cruise!

{Us at the Colosseum}

{Inside the Colosseum}

Fast forward to the last day of the trip. We disembarked from the boat in the morning, then took the train back to Rome. We had one last afternoon in Rome before we left the next morning, and we booked a tour of Vatican City. We saw the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, and the Vatican Museum. We had a great tour guide that was American, so she was easy to understand. 

{Hot and sweaty on the train}

{All of us outside of St Peter's Basilica}

{Walking around the courtyard in Vatican City}

{Running around outside of the Basilica}

Overall, I really liked Rome! There's a ton of culture and arts there, and I would love to go back and see more. We took it pretty easy since we had Lily, so we only hit the highlights. You never know, we may end up there again someday. There's lots of places I never thought I'd go to again and I did (Paris!).