We caught an early morning train to Salerno and from there took an express train to Rome. I never realized how fast these trains really are. At one point, we were going 180 miles/hour. The trip was uneventful (although I'm glad this is the last time we have to schlep bags on/off trains and up/down stairs) and we arrived at our bed & breakfast @ 11:30. We're staying in the Trastevere neighborhood, which is on the Vatican side of the Tiber, so we decided to visit the Vatican museum and St. Peter's Basilica this afternoon. We've been to the museum on two previous trips, but this was the busiest it's ever been. It was exasperating trying to maneuver around all the tour groups. Two and a half hours later we exited the Sistine Chapel (as awe-inspiring as ever) into St. Peter's Square and made our way into the basilica, which wasn't near as crowded as the museum.
By the time we exited the church it was almost 6:00 PM (quite dark already as Italy changed to standard time last weekend) and we were able to get the following nighttime pictures of St. Peter's.
From St. Peter's we took the metro to the Spanish Steps and then wandered from there to the Trevi Fountain and back across the Tiber to our hotel. Rich's Garmin clocked 6 miles, but I'm guessing that doesn't include our time in the museum. By the time we got back to our hotel at 9:00, our feet and backs were tired and it felt so good to kick back and relax.
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