The Bowmans in Budapest: Our Roman Holiday

The first stop on our Tour de Europe was Rome! The city that needs no introduction. In fact, it took me so long to blog about Rome because I kept thinking how much history I was going to have to write about, and then I finally came to the conclusion that there is absolutely tooooo much history in this city to even begin to capture it in my blog. So, instead, I have chosen to show only the pictures and leave out all the details. If you are really curious, check out the Rick Steve's book :)

We took the train from Budapest to Rome. We had to change trains in Vienna, and from there, we had about a 12 hour overnight train ride to Rome. All four of us shared one sleeper car...one very small sleeper car. It was pretty interesting and did not allow for the greatest night of sleep. Here are some pics of us trying to get settled on the train.

Loved our hotel!

Let the sight seeing begin! Here is the Colosseum.

SO many sights to see :)

Trevi Fountain (pretty during the day, amazing at night)

Enjoying our Italian gelato.

Vatican City (technically an independent country separate from Italy) and the Vatican Museum.

The Sistine Chapel and Rafael Rooms of the Vatican. I had not previously been very interested in art and history's famous artists, but there was something about seeing all of these amazing originals in a place as spectacular as the Vatican, that gave me a new interest.