Today, our last in Rome, was a big one, as we spent hours exploring Vatican City. It has many museums of art and archaeology to see. Most impressive is the scale of Saint Peters Basilica and its ornate details. Hopefully the pictures Nikki took will do it some semblance of justice whenever she gets around to uploading them. The long climb to the top of the Basilica, during which we encountered perhaps every type of staircase ever invented, gave us an amazing view of the city that spread out to the horizon in nearly every direction. It has become apparent to us that there is so much of this city to see that it requires far more than a few days to take it all in. But, we have a schedule to keep and tomorrow we're jumping on a train for a short ride to Florence where we'll get another dose of Italian culture. It is getting late-ish and I am somewhere well beyond exhausted. More later. -Maximus