The Isle of Capri was beautiful but the boat trip over was a bit rough, made a few of us feel ill. Land was good! Lots of up & down walking on the island but worth every slope & step. An 'upmarket' tourist resort for sure, but so, so nice. If I could remember how I would add photos - I did take them. Maybe I can get some onto fb. The boat trip back was much calmer, lol.
Anyway now we're in Rome & this morning visited the Vatican, interesting; the Sistine Chapel, absorbing & sometimes puzzling trying to figure out some of the pictures; the Basilica of St Peter, awesome. All the 'pictures' there were actually mosaics, the intricacy of them & the size. I am in awe of the talent!
We've also visited the Colosseum, again an interesting ruin but for me overshadowed by the deaths of both people & animals that took place there. I can't separate the use from the building.
This evening I found another park to wander around. It was fairly small so I walked around 3 times, I needed to stretch my legs. Nice to listen to the birds, see the greenery, & hear the kids playing. Apartment living means no back yards, etc, so whole families go to the local parks most evenings for fun & exercise, or just to sit & talk to their neighbours. I'm blessing daylight saving, it's so nice to be out in the evenings in daylight again. I do miss that. (If only Queensland wasn't so backward in that respect.)
Whoops, the others have just come back from dinner. Golly, Australians are more raucous than Americans! The lobby has been invaded with that ubiquitous 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!' Cringe! Just as well they're mostly harmless, lol. The Americans have slunk off to bed, feeling outclassed maybe.
I'll finish on that note, Venice tomorrow.
Ciao
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