Rome - Day 9

What a very eventfull day this was... I can barely move... my muscles don't like me much.

James headed out ealy to Pompii but ended up back in the hotel room about 7:30am.... apperently his bank decided to put a hold on his card because there was large withdrawl amounts in a foriegn country. OF COURSE! WERE IN ROME! They even had it on the comptuer that he was in Rome, he just had to call and confirm he was still in Rome and he did make the withdrawls. So, he ended up going with me to Florence!

We got on the Train about 8:50am and headed to Florence. We took the EuroStar fast train and got there in an hour and 30 minutes. Pretty cool train, nice ride... didn't even feel bumby. Paddy seemed to like the train ride again. I think he was excited about going somewhere today and not having to watch any more DVD's.

We got into Florence, and went to a church... OH, lots of churches in Florence... LOTS! This is not a place to tell someone, "I will meet you in Florence by the church!". We saw where Michalangelo Lived... We saw DAVID... the real one... only took about 15 minutes to get in... and is he HUGE... again, romans do things BIG!

We walked around and ended up at this huge church in the middle of town that has a bell tower and another tower you can climb to the top of. It costs 6 Euros and I didn't quite make it to the top. 463 steps and no Lift (Elevator). It wasn't the steps that kept me from going up, it was the heights.... I freaked out... they have this little edge you have to walk accross in the dome inside the church.... I was hating it... so I saw the exit and I scrammed!

James and Paddy made it to the top... they have lots of pictures to share.... I wish I was brave enough to make it to the top... but oh well... we have pictures to see what we missed.

We had lunch and then found the train and headed back to Rome. Nice trip back and relaxing. We stopped off and got some sandwiches and headed back to the hotel to realax. I am tired.... Paddy seems to be ok and ready for more at any time... but James and I are not used to moving around this much.

Well, my muscles hurt and I am tired... but this morning we are heading to the Vatican... YEAH more Walking!!!!

Chao!