We have arrived. Rome

KATRINA - It's 11 o'clock at night here and we are exhausted. Straight to bed. It was cool when we were driving through Rome and there are so many people around. Lots of cafes, bars and gelato. Will explore tomorrow and send pics xx sleep now zzzzzz

DAVID - Everything is really old, but bigger than we were expecting.

KATRINA - We have had a great sleep and we had a great breakfast, ready to explore!!

KATRINA - We lit a candle for Grandma today xx

KATRINA - I'm wide awake lol. I went to bed at 8pm. My body is still adjusting. We walked all day yesterday, so we were all so tired when we got home. It is really hot here so everyone is sweaty all the time. We had our first pizza yesterday and it was amazing. We are going to the Vatican today which I am looking forward to.

KATRINA - Mum... do you see the cheeky little passenger on the scooter? Look where the man's feet are

KATRINA - We went to the Vatican and it was amazing. I can't stop thinking about it. So many brilliant things to see, but there were thousands of people there.

KATRINA - This picture is the roof of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michaelangelo. Unbelievable

DAVID - So noisy Sam, we had to have little radios and headphones to hear our guide. So busy, thousands of people in there!

KATRINA - We are going to the Colosseum today, really looking forward to it.
We have been walking about 5 hours a day and it is so hot.

KATRINA - We've left Rome. It was brilliant but so busy and noisy... Rachel you would have been on melt down mode the whole time. We are on the train to Florence now which is so cool. Will be there in 40 mins. Looking forward to it.

KATRINA - This is some delicious Roman street food we had. I can't stop thinking about it

KATRINA - The rice ball is call suppli. Its like arancini but better. The rice is cooked in a rice tomato sauce, a big chunk of mozzarella in the middle and then crumbed and fried.
The triangle is called a trapazini. My one was eggplant parmigiana and the boys all got a meatball one. It was out of this world

KATRINA - Yes it is so weird. It's just like you turn a corner and there it is.

DAVID - There is no logic to how Rome is set up. Everything is just everywhere. It's a crazy place!

KATRINA - This is taken at the top of palatine hill, which is where all the emperor's palaces were. In the background you can see the ruins of the Roman Forum, and tomb of Julius Caesar . But you can also see on the left there are modern building that people live in. Their backyard are the ruins of ancient Rome. It is bizarre

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