Rome: hop on hop off!

Yesterday we arrived in Rome, found our B&B and wandered the streets around it. This morning we woke up and headed down to the train station where we got on a train that took us to the main terminal in Rome. While there Barbara bought new Nike shoes because the soles on her old shoes were falling apart. We decided to get tickets for a hop on, hop off bus that would take us to the main attractions in Rome. The bus was a double decker with an open roof. A very cool way to see Rome! When we boarded the bus they gave us each a pare of headphones that we could plug in to our seats and hear about the history of different places as we passed them. Our first stop was the colosseum. It was very interesting! Our tour guide took us around and told us about all the gory things that happened there. Fights to the death, animal hunting. We couldn't beleive the things that took place in the building we were standing in. After spending a couple hours in that area we hopped back on the bus and hopped off at Vatican City. There we saw St. Peter's Bascilica, the Sistine chapel and the Vatican museum. All very interesting! We did not see the pope however. Sorry uncle Barry! We had more Italian food for lunch in Vatican City. At this point we had done a lot of walking around and our feet were getting sore. We hopped back on the bus and rode it for a while before getting off at the Trevi Fountain stop. The fountain was surrounded with people. It was very beautiful! We sat and enjoyed the fountain in the sunshine for a while before heading back to the bus. On our way back Annie bought a Rome t-shirt and Barbara bought some scarves! We rode the bus back to the station and walked to an Ethiopian restaurant for dinner. When in Rome... eat Ethiopian food? It was very delishious and definitely hit the spot! When we got back to the train station we saw that the next train to our station was leaving in 5 minutes way on the other side of the building. We decided to run it Amazing Race style. We made it! However, our train was 20 minutes late leaving the terminal. I guess we didn't have to run afterall. We had a very fun, full day. Only two days left! Tomorrow we plan to go to Naples and Pompeii. See you soon!