On April 14th, the 2009 Rome Trip began. We traveled seven hours
by plane and three by bus to reach our first destination, Todi. From
Todi we went on day trips to Orvieto, Assisi, and while going to
Lucca, our next stop, we visited Cortona. After a wonderful day of
shopping in Cortona, we arrived in Lucca. For two days we explored
the city. After Lucca, we headed straight for Rome. In Rome, we
toured the Vatican Museums on a private tour. We even saw the latest
addition, an excavation of a necropolis, or “city of the dead”.
This necropolis has burials from the pre-Christian to early Christian
eras. We also attended a papal audience where we were only ten feet
away from the pope. After listening to Pope Benedict XVI, we met
our tour guide, Greg, for a tour of Rome. One of the most special
parts of our trip was the tour of the Scavi which is an underground
cemetery located beneath the current Vatican where St. Peter’s bones
were found. We ended a wonderful trip with a night-time tour of
Rome and a visit to the Trevi Fountain where we threw in our coins.
Hopefully we will all return to Rome!
