Verona, Venice, Rome

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  Rome, Italy
Sunday, May 6, 2007

Hi,
 Well this will be our last full day in Italy  but let me back up and tell you about some of the adventures we have had since Bolzano. After Bolzano, we took a train to Verona. This is the city of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." It is another great walking city with castles and an old Roman arena. We walked all over the city and got  a great view from the top of an old Roman Amphitheater.
  We left the next morning by train to Venice. We were met by a water taxi that took us on a tour of the city. Venice is a really cool city. It really is as romantic as they say. It rained on and off for the two days we were there which added to the feeling. We strolled along the canals and walked forever through tiny alleys ways and got ourselves lost over and over again but loved every minute of it. One of the many cool things of Venice was there were dogs everywhere which was great b/c there were dogs all of shapes and sizes but not so great b/c there was poop all over the streets of every shape and sizes and you had to be careful of where you walked :(
  Our hotel was right on the canal which was nice ( our room was not  on the canal but that was okay ). We ate along the canals in small Italian restaurants and they were great . We stayed in Venice 2 nights total and we could have done  maybe one more but you can see everything you need to see within 2 nights- We did not however, take the Gondola ride  ... to be honest it kind of looked cheesy esp since there were lines of gondolas with couples and families one behind the other so it took the romantic feel away. But none the less we had a great time in Venice.
 We left Venice and took the train back to Rome. We have now been in Rome for 2 days. This time we went to the Vatican Museum and saw Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel as well as his Pieta with Mary and Jesus and toured through the great basilica. We waited two hours in line but it was a nice sunny day and we met a tour guide leader who gave us the scoop of Rome so it went by fast.
    We then went to the movies and saw the opening day of Spider Man 3 at the theater ( I know we should have seen an Italian movie but we haven't seen any English TV or had  conversations in English  in 3 weeks so we saw the movie ( it was okay for a superhero movie).
  Today we got up and saw Michelangelo's Moses in small church not really listed in the guide books. We then went to the Capitoline Museum which had great views of the Roman forum.
  We leave tomorrow back for NH and we are tired, ready for our own beds but happy that we could experience such a beautiful, majestic place as Italy.
We have one more trip planned... back to Anguilla where this crazy travel all began and our wedding took place. We will be spending 3 weeks there as they will be tearing down our hotel at the end of the year :( We we are excited to go back as we feel Anguilla and Rendezvous Bay Resort is like our second home since the people are amazing but this is the one place we actually stayed in place  the longest over our year of traveling.
 
         
   Photos will be up soon I promise. Thanks to all you have checked out this log and shared in our most memorable travel experiences.
Ciao
Court and Justin

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