Rome, Italy

You guessed it! We made it to Rome with Mom and Dad Martyn. We had an OUTSTANDING time, and really enjoyed hanging in Europe with the rents (for those of you that don't know..... rents is short for parRENTS).


The Pantheon was built by Emporer Hadrian in 125 A.D. originally for the Greek Gods. Later, the building was made into a christian church to save it from thieves and ruin.

Scott and I walked up 500 steps to reach the top of the dome at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The view was well worth the pain to get there! My husband really kept me going on this one because the heat was almost unbearable.

This video shows the scene in St. Peter's square on Wedensday as the Pope address the crowd via satellite. He was not in the Vatican City. We waiting in the security line to get into the Basilica to climb to the top. Only took us about ten minutes to get in.

Halfway up the dome, we stopped to take some pictures and videos at the 'halfway' point.



Above is a short video above of the view from the bottom of the dome.

Above is a video of us actually climbing the stairs between the inner and outer layer of the dome.



Above is a video of the view from the top of St. Peter's Basilica.



Above is a video from inside St. Peter's Basilica standing just in front of the canopy and altar. Below the altar is where St. Peter's remains are buried.

This postcard in particular is being sent out from Vatican City to Matt and Julie. We thought it was important enough to take a picture so they would believe us!! We miss you so much Mom and Dad.