Civitavecchia (Rome)

Kelly showered while I went and had breakfast....  and I did grab some yogurt for her. This routine seems to works well for us 😄 We face-timed with Kris (before he headed to bed in Victoria) then we headed down to the shuttle bus that takes you out to the port gates. Lots of people leaving the ship today as it is the end of the 7 day trip from Rome. Conversely the 3 day trip to Barcelona starts now.

Off the ship at 8:55 and once at the front gate, we met our Civita Tours bus that will take us into Rome.  9:30 was our scheduled departure time but slow passengers delayed us until 09:40

Kelly relaxes as we await our departure to Rome.

Approximately 60 km drive to our drop off point near the Vatican. Arrived 11:08 then hiked the 1.4 km to the museum entrance and breezed in I might add, with our online tickets. Grabbed our audio guide and a quick bathroom stop for you know who and away we went.

We toured the museum but the crowds were horrendous. The Sistine Chapel, with it's amazing artwork was simply beautiful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel

We walked through numerous parts of the museum and took lots of pictures. 

We left the museum and headed for the entrance to St. Peter's basilica. This was much different that our last trip as we needed to exit the Vatican Museum, walk around the walled city to the front. We had to then clear security before being allowed in. Time was marching on and the security lines moved very slowly. I decided that we should forgo the visit as we would be getting rushed just like our last visit. Exactly what I didn't want.

We gave up and then headed down one of the many small streets adjacent to the Vatican. Pasta overload at Borge 36 followed by some bakery treats. Look gelato! Yep one more before we leave Rome.

Parking anyone?

We wandered the streets and people/shop watched until the appointed pick up time in front of the
Palace of Justice at 16:00. It was pretty much clock work as we arrived back at the ship at 17:40.
A quick stop for refreshments and up to our cabin to relax & blog a bit.

Went for a walk on deck and met some folks from Ireland. Had a nice chat then off to dinner.

Retired exhausted again :-)