Finally in Italy!

Okay...I absolutely loved Nice, but I'm sorry I haven't had time for pictures. We couldnt really find any internet place in Rome, so I couldn't update the last part of France!
These pictures are from Rome. This picture is in front of the Trevi fountain. Legend has it that if you throw money in this fountain, you will return again to Rome...I threw one in for myself! But remind me NEVER to go back to Rome in the summer time. It's so hot!!







Of course walking around all day would make one hungry. As I was walking in and out of the tiny winding streets, I saw a plethora of small, terraced restaurants. The hosts stand outside and try to get customers to come and sit with them for a meal. It's like contacting!! Ha. We seriously got asked to sit down by every host we passed!
Anyway, Marnie and I finally found a place that had good looking food and wasn't too expensive, and we ordered delicious pasta. Buonissimo!





This is my great aunt, Suor Emanuela. Yes, she's a nun. For real. In Rome. Cool, no?
I stayed at a nunery while visiting Rome. This place was a villa (a large house/hostel with a gate enclosure). 4 nuns live here and take care of the villa. She gave us a tour of the place and even showed us her kitchen. It even had a small elevator and she insisted that we use it (even if our room was on the 2nd floor).
Suor Emanuela is my grandmother's sister, and she was amazingly sweet. Every night we came back from sightseeing she would have cold water ready for us to drink. She even had ice cream one night too. She sent us off every day with fruit and extra water because she knew h0w hot the day would get. When we left, she sent us off with a kiss and a bag of candies!






We arrived in Taranto this afternoon. We spent all morning and early afternoon on trains. One train was so crowded...All these military boys got on with their huge bags of luggage (I'm pretty sure they each had 5 bags each)! Some sat right next to me too. A couple of them were cute, but I felt too silly to say anything to them. What was I supposed to say?!
Anyway, Nonna Emma took us to see some beaches this evening. This one is called Gabbiano. You would not believe how beautiful the water was or how warm!!! It was incredible. We're going back tomorrow ;)