Arriving in Palermo

Arriving of the overnight ferry from Naples now in Sicily/Palermo

There I was sitting outside an Italian McDonald’s waiting for it to open at 9:00 when the time was about 7:00 am. The ferry had arrived at 6.15am and everyone was off it at about 6.40 am. We were relaxing and playing games until 11:00 which is when the owner of the apartment would let us come over to go inside and settle in.

The rest of the day was unpacking and resting until finally at 8:00 pm I dropped off to sleep after having a delicious dinner at a place called Ethnic across the road (literally!). These are photos of Palermo from lots of different days!

Naples museum

After getting the train from Roma to Naples we stopped somewhere on the way and stayed at a hotel that night. National Archaeological Museum. It had heaps of mosaics that had been dug out and gathered from Pompeii and brought in to the town of Naples. Where they tile by tile fixed all the ruined pieces of mosaics that had been destroyed by Vesuvius, which also killed everyone who lived there and covered the whole city.  The Museum also had loads of marble sculptures where people had carved a model for years and years. Day by day they carved and chiseled the marble until they made a masterpiece.

Ice skating in a nearby village to Monttotone called Fermo

Jess ice skating!

Me ice skating! 

The last few days of being in Rome

Me at the oldest road in the world, made out of volcanic rock, riding a bike around a big garden next to the road they call Appia Antica.

Day 34/trenta - quattro

Note: I have either not had internet connection or I have been so busy that I haven't been able to catch up that much but now I have got a bit more time and internet connection.

After I turned over in my bed and fell asleep again the light beamed in my face before I turned into a snoring mess. After breakfast we threw on our clothes and walked to the bus stop feeling still exhausted but knowing that we were definitely going to fully wake up soon. The past few minutes were an exhausted trance of grumpiness but the city centre, when we saw it, it lifted our spirits. We jumped off the bus and walked into a side street and gazed down at the rows and rows of market stalls filled with clothes for 1 or 2 euro's each and bags for 3. This was where I wanted to stay for the rest of my life (I love clothes!) We slowly floated into the shops otherwise known for me as heaven.

After Mum and Dad dragged me away from all the stores and I had bought 1 or 2 things (okay, maybe I bought a few more) we set off back to the bus stop and got there in perfect timing. We got on the Underground and went all the way to the last stop where at the other end one of my Mum's work friends came to pick us up and would take us on a little driving trip around the edge of Rome.

We were in the car chatting about being back in Dad's old town called Monte Compatri. We got home and me and Barbara (mum's friend) made ice cream/ gelato. Delicious!!!!!!!! We had a yummy dinner chatted for a while and eventually Dad, Mum and I went home.
Btw... (my sister is away in Scotland)  

Photos of the vatican

The Vatican museum and photos of the views looking over the fabulous city of Rome! 

Photos of Galleria Borghese

Photos of Villa Borghese gardens and gallery.