A Visit to Vatican City and St Peters Basilica

Europe, Italy

No visit to Italy, especially Rome, is complete without a visit to Vatican City to see the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. And, we took it one step further by venturing out extra early to see the Pope at his mid-week Papal Audience. The day’s...
Impressions of Rome

Impressions of Rome

Europe, Italy

They say “all roads lead to Rome.” Well, this idiom certainly held true for my mother and me last April. Our roads from Skopje, Macedonia, and Onarga, Illinois, USA, led us to rendezvous in Rome one cloudless Spring day. Eleven cities, nine train rides, eight...