Contiki Trip End

The last two days were spent in Rome. In these two day we went and saw all of the major sites. We went to the Coliseum, the ruins nearby, St Peters Square (Basilica), the Vatican and a church which was decorated with the bones, skulls etc of its monks called the cappuccino monks (due to their robe colours back in the day)... We entered this church and in the basement area the walls, roof and floor are covered with the bones of the monks... something to see, yet quite confronting.... I really enjoyed seeing Rome at the end of the trip because this time we had more time than at the beginning and were able to see quite a lot in the days that were spent there. The last night we had the farewell dinner and this was for me one of the best dinners on the trip... Two Opera singers were walking round serenading the group and the food was particularly enjoyable... brueschetta mmmmm pasta, pesto mmmmm wine.....delicious.

Rome, Italy