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The Castel Sant  
   

The Castel Sant

On our previous visits to Rome I had been unable to get a photo of one of Rome's most famous sights. Now that I got a photo maybe next trip I'll go inside. We walked and walked and walked as one big group. At one point along the route I heard the high-pitched beep-beep of a vehicle coming up behind me. When I turned around I saw a young girl driving a Vespa motor scooter toward us. Hanging on to the back and grinning like a maniac was good old Jimbo.
Day Six (Thursday)

June 29th 2006
As if the regular Italian breakfast wasn't bad enough, our otherwise wonderful hotel didn't have a breakfast room that could accomodate our group. We had to walk two blocks to a tiny strip mall. The empty lots we passed were chock full of empty bottles, cardboard boxes, dog crap and waist high weeds. The breakfast stop was actually a Chinese restaurant trying to make a few extra bucks by cateri ... read more
Europe » Vatican City

none Flag Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more
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