Rome

It is day 3 and we are all still madly in love with this wonderful city. I am sitting under the portico of the Pantheon watching the Piazza in front of me, it's late afternoon and the Piazza is filled with all sorts of people. To my right their is a group of black clad priests and nuns in habits, in front are the "gladiators", who dressed in their gladiator costumes are looking quite the part as they attempt to attract as many people as possible to have photos with them. All around me are tourists, some with headphones on following a tour guide with an identifying flag; others wandering around the Piazza enroute to the Pantheon, many eating gelato and others, like myself, are just sitting watching.
Even though it is 530 the sun is still strong and hot not that that bothers us it really doesn't get dark until after 930 which makes for a long day of sight seeing.
Today we spent the day at the Vatican and St Peter's Basilica, which after the Colosseum, Palantine Hill and the Roman Forum yesterday, we wondered how it was going to compete. But it was amazing - there is really not much more that can be said. So tonight our last night in Rome we are headed out for dinner in an outdoor restaurant where we have yet to move away from pizza and pasta. Then we plan to walk back to the Trevi Fountain and maybe Piazza Navona and maybe just maybe there will be a chance to try yet another flavor of gelato.