the rest of italy

on our second day in rome we took the bus to the vatican

 and waited in line for HOURS to get inside, in the rain

 it was really cool but SOOOO busy and after waiting in the rain

didn't necessarily feel worth it

 we opted out of waiting in line for another couple hours to see st peter's basilica 

 instead we took another bus over to the mall/ikea and rome temple

 we ate in ikea because it's tradition whenever we're near

 after buying church clothes at the mall we headed to do a session at the temple

 and checked out the visitor's center

 sunday we went to church and then took the metro to villa borghese

 we liked the peddle car 

 we ate lunch at a cool restaurant in travestere

 my calzone was insane and so delicious

 we went to this crazy church with skeleton art all over the place

it was creepy and cool but we couldn't take pictures

 then we tried come il latte for gelato and it blew our socks off

 when in rome....you watch roman holiday

 heading out to a fancy dinner

 our last morning in rome we went shopping

 one more gelato stop

 then we trained over toward the airport and waited for an uber FOREVER

to stay our last night near the airport where the airline put us up for cheap

because they had cancelled our original flight home

this was a fun restaurant and little city

but the hotel was disgusting (we weren't surprised)

 ready to go see our babies

 we had to switch airports in california

and it was exhausting

plus a layover

our trip to italy was AMAZING

and life changing and i wish it wasn't over

i loved it so much

and i hope to go back some day

thank you to michael for making my dreams come true

and thank you to my in-laws for taking care of our crazy kids for almost two weeks