Rome was our guided tour day -- there was just so much stuff that I thought Ian absolutely needed to see that I didn't think we could do it all in one day unless we did a tour. Luckily, thanks to cruisecritic.com, we managed to find two other couples who had similar thoughts and together booked a semi-private tour of Rome's highlights.
We really loved hanging out with Mark, Marie, Antonio, and Lisette, and ended up meeting up for dinner or drinks many more times that trip on the ship and in Barcelona as well.
There was just so much packed into a single day! We started with the Coliseum.
Then moving on to the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracella, and Palentine Hills.
And then after a quick lunch (again, amazing bruschetta -- what is it? The tomatoes? The olive oil? The Italian air?), we went off for our guided tour of the Vatican. I could've sworn that I took pictures of the Sistine Chapel the last time I was in Rome, but apparently it's not allowed. No worries, plenty of amazing stuff to fill up our camera rolls with regardless! See, e.g., Michaelangelo's Pieta and Raphael's School of Athens.
Next we did a quick spin around St. Peter's Basilica. The lighting was spectacular that afternoon.
St. Peter's Square had already been set up for the Pope's audience on Wednesday.
And our last stop for the day -- the Pantheon. Too many people around by this time of day (around 5PM, if I recall correctly) to get great pictures, so you'll have to take my word that this picture was taken inside the Pantheon.
And then it was back to the ship -- we watched the sun set from the upper decks -- another great day in Italy!
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