Hi Everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! As I had mentioned in my previous post, I had attempted to post on our vacation, but I could not get the final product to upload into Blogger. Since this blog is older, I suspect it...

Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving! I attempted to update my blog over the past weekend, but could not upload the final product (I created it in Windows Live). I suspect I am out of room. SO, it looks like I will be creating a new blog just...

When we finally met up with the driver of our ride to head out to the port of Civitavecchia from our Marriott hotel in Rome, we were incredibly relieved. Our driver, a young woman, did not speak English, so we had little conversation. The Mercedes...

Monday was our last half day in Rome before we headed out to the cruise ship. We got up early and headed over to the Vatican to pick up one of the first tours of the museums and St. Peter's Basilica. Everything is huge and grand. It was amazing. I just...

Our second day (but official full first day) in Rome we decided to take one of the open (double decker) bus tours around the city to get a "taste" of everything. We had the luxury of hopping on and off all day so that we could spend more time in places...