Today was our time to visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. The Vatican: In high season, they move 21,000 people per hour through these […]

This morning we visited the Colosseum, but first our guide had to race against other guides to get our tickets.  That was quite a something to behold. Here we are […]

Today we left Rome and drove to a beautiful hill town of Orvieto which has one of the most amazing cathedrals in all of Italy.  Its medieval facade with sculptures […]

We had a wonderful day in Florence! Here we are gathering outside our hotel: We started our day by first seeing the North Doors of the Baptistery by Ghiberti. They […]

Breakfast this morning in our hotel in Florence & the First Church of Christ Scientist, Florence:  This morning we walked to the Museum di San Marco and saw the beautiful […]

Today we left Florence and drove to the town of Pisa to view the Leaning Tower, its Cathedral and Baptistery. Piazza del Cuomo – Duomo: Pulpit of the Pisa baptistry: […]

Today we visited the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Both have beautiful mosaics in blues, greens, reds and golds.  These are very old […]

Our first stop today was to the Aventine Hill.  The entire group saw Santa Sabina Church with its crucifixion and other biblical narrative carvings. Then we looked through a key […]

This morning we hopped on the Italo train from Venice to Rome – barreling down the tracks at 180 mph.  We made it to Rome in 3 1/2 hours.  Fabulous! […]