Random cont.

So we saw the Sistine Chapel and climbed to the top of St. Peter's Basilica.Those two thing took us all day because of long lines, but if we didn't do them we might have regretted it. Dad kept stopping at the most random things... like he was more interested the of the Pantheon then the actual building. We found the cutest little deli and restaurant right off the Pantheon. Its a street that jets out from the front area of the Pantheon. If your back is to the building and your level with the fountain go right.The deli is the second one on your right. The old lady that works there is the picture perfect Italian. She was tiny, spoke English and was named Marcela (sp?). The restaurant was the right as well but it was before the deli. The had good pasta at decent prices.

So after Rome we caught a train to Florence. They had told us the walk to the hotel was like 5 minutes and to not take a cab... well 15 minutes later and down a side street we found the place. We had a view of the chapel from our balcony. We were exhausted when we got there so we decided to just go eat then call it an early night. We went a restaurant and ordered a Florentine steak with french fries and fried artichokes. It was the best steak I've ever had. Dad preferred the fries I think. He couldn't get over how perfectly cooked they were!

Unfortunately we didn't get to see much of Florence. We just saw the stuff in the main square then we took off the next morning to Sienna. Its one of the best preserved mid evil cities in Italy. It was beautiful, and its in the heart of Tuscany. Dad talked about wanting to take mom there. How sweet. lol

From Sienna it was back to Florence to get our bags then we were on another train to Rome ti get the rental car. THEN we drove to Asolo for New Years... dad driving a rental car is hilarious. He was all tense and cranky. We made it to Asolo and found out that the local Pizzeria, Maria's, was open for the night!! There was a wait to be seated so we got a glass of wine and dad watched Saverio make the pizzas. We was totally in awe of him. SO cute!!

We spent most of the night there and dad made friends with the table next to us. He even gave the guy his business card! Needless to say, dad got a text the next morning wishing him a Happy New Year! hahaha!!

The next day, the first, we decided to take a day off and hang out in Asolo, plus we were having trouble finding a hotel for the day of. So we ate pasta at Epoca and booked hotels all day. Not asrelaxing as we would have wanted but it was needed. Well that's all of Italy. Next we head to Austria then on to Germany....