In the chapel (which is where the pope and the cardinals worship) when the crowd gets noisy a recording of the pope comes on and goes Shhhhhh! And the guards go "Silence!" I was waiting for Jeff Dunham's terrorist go "I KILL YOU" :)
From there over to St. Peters Basillica, the intricate tile and stone work, and of course the marble statues. Debbie mailed 13 postcards from the Vatican post office so look forward to those. After a short break we went off to the coliseum and tour of the cities roman ruins. Hard to imagine there are still structures after 2500 years. They were the inventors of concrete and of the archway. The coliseum was built in just 4 years and could hold 70,000 people.
Met about 5 for dinner and went to a great little restaurant. The waiter and staff put on quite the show for us kissing all the ladies, they had a guitarist and flautist that entertained us all night.
One great thing is one of the couples Gregg and Mary booked to go on this trip 5 years ago as of yesterday but had to cancel due to Mary developing cancer. Yesterday was 5 years cancer free for her and it was a moving moment for her as the guys sang to her and her husband gave her flowers.
From there it was back on the bus for an evening tour of the city. Our bus driver Mario (we call him Super Mario) had disco music going when we got on and would flash the interior lights to the beat of the music. The ladies all loved it and I didn't have the heart to tell him I didn't like disco the FIRST time it came out. :)
Off to Venice this morning. Deb and I are looking forward to returning there, should be interesting because the public water taxi's are on strike! Thank goodness we're on a tour as they are arranging private transportation for us.
Talk to y'all later
D&D
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