Ahem! Testing one, two, three. Um ... well, we are now in Rome, ... it’s ... um ... 8:30 in the evening and we are in some piazza. 
Hey ... what’s this place called guys? Huh? ... Oh, well, I guess they can’t hear me, they’re busy taking pictures next to some fountains. 
There are huge fountains all around us with sculptures and statues ... they’re really impressive! 
And everyone keeps throwing coins into the water, probably for good luck! Anyway, today was an unbelievable day. 
We started off by visiting the Vatican. Great museum. We saw hundreds of statues, sculptures, tapestries, carvings and paintings, 
you name it, we saw it! Mary bought tons of postcards and souvenirs from the museum gift shops to show you, and did her best to speak some Italian, but no one seemed to understand a word she said. 
(Ha! Ha!) We then got kind of hungry, so we went in search of a fast food place to get a bite to eat. 
Of course, Joanna the “healthy” eater didn’t want to eat burgers, so we had to walk around the city for more than an hour among crazy Italian drivers, trying to find some healthy, nutritious food. 
We all got a little sick from the smog and the fumes, but we finally found a little place where we tried some great Italian food like grilled chops with pesto and parmesan, tiny fried fish, a fantastic chopped salad and lots of spicy pasta dishes. 
Chef Emilio asked us if we wanted to try some horsemeat but we all got cold feet! Yuck! 
After milkshakes and tiramisu, we jumped into a taxi which seemed to be on its last legs judging from all the noise it made. 
If we hadn’t been so tired, we definitely would have walked back to the hotel! 
Georgia managed to get stung by a bee – we had told her not to wear so much perfume – and the rest of us got a pretty bad sunburn from walking around under the hot sun all day long. 
I don’t think we’ll be able to sleep tonight! 
(someone calls) I’m over here! OK, coming! Well I guess that’s all for now folks! 
I have to sign off now because it’s dinner time and Michael found some empty seats at a great outdoor bistro. 
I may be sunburnt, but I am also dying of hunger! I’ll check in again soon to let you know what’s happening. Over and out!