Second day in Assisi. We visited St Claire's Church. This church was built after her death and the convent is connected where her order (that care for the poor and needy) live.
St Francis's Church in Assisi. We were one of the first in at opening at 7.00am but didn't take long to fill up. Lovely church, said lots of prayers and visited St Francis tomb downstairs.
First night in Rome. We went back to a lovely Italian restaurant for dinner after the assisted us with directions to our hotel. The tuxedo clad waiters soon nicknamed Alexandra "Princess" and we were treated like royalty. Only the best selection of gelati for Princess!
First stop in Rome was the Colosseum. Nothing can prepare you for the first time you see this structure in real life. The kids couldn't believe it when we walked out of the train station and there it was right in front of us.
Photo asoot with our friends outside the Colosseum.
Andrew having a quite moment on a marble column.
Very hard to time preset shots of the whole family with the crowds in Rome. Incidentally the
temperature was around 12 degrees for our visit to Rome. Note no coats, gloves, scarves or beanies!
Walk through the Roman Forum. A bit disappointed with the lack of information on site to fully understand and picture before and now.
The Victor Emmanuel Monument is huge (and covered in scaffolding). If you look closely you can see Jeffrey in the red fleece waving to us down below.
Trevi Fountain - Standing Room only. Surrounded by three Gelati shops and a United Colours of Benetton store. I guess rents would be huge here, but watching the crowds on the day, they would all make a good days takings.
We managed to make it to the front to throw a coin over our shoulder. So I guess we will be back there some day. It seemed to work for Jeffrey some 20 years later!
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