Rome was not built in a day!!!!!

That Rome was not built in a day, was evident to us in the first half of the day of our trip to Rome.While I am pretty late in writing my experiences about Rome Trip, however, this experience is something I HAD to write! Rome is absolutely enchanting! This one sentence summarizes it character!
A little sunshine after bitter cold of north of Switzerland was enough to cheer and excite us, when we landed in Rome. To top it all, there are these amazing piazzas in every corner of the street, that come as a very pleasant surprise to each visitor!! And these are not ordinary structures-but magnificent and amazing art work standing for centuries! Rome is breathtaking..
Vatican was on top of our list to visit, though Rome offers tons of other equally majestic sites for any tourist.We had to queque up 2 hours before the Vatican Museums open at 9, so that meant 7-9am line, in unusually cold morning! We were 5 of us, 10th in the line at 7am,freezing, yet excited to be able to make it on time.Because as the daylight spread, huge crowds of people lined up for miles to enter the Vatican!! It was becoming one of our most memorable time, even before entering the museums! However, our first encounter with majestic artistic walls, paintings, artwork, motifs etc in the first museum was enough to make us dumbfounded!! I dont have words to describe our experience there..Sunday mass was at 12am and huge crowds gathered in the St Peter's square, where Pope was going to make an appearance.Meanwhile, we decided to witness the ceremony, from top of the Vatican dome, one of the biggest in the world!! After all, the wait, winter and all other challenges were so much worth this view!!

We saw Colosseum,Piazza Navona and many other popular and not so popular monuments..We then went to Florence, another beautiful city of bridges, where we enjoyed a leisure time! One of our friends literally fell in love with David, the famous sculpture by Michael Angelo, made in Florence, supposed to be the best piece of art in all times.

Milan was our final destination.A paradise for shoppers, city of glamour and so vibrant-we just loved it! My husband was very close to fulfilling his long dream of getting an Armani suit from Armani store in Milan, but alas! he could not find the right size!

"When in Rome, do as Romans" proved to be true for us!We heard all types of warnings about pick-pocketeers in Rome/Italy, bus no. 64 being notorious etc...so we were very careful with our belongings.However, we returned home not only safely, but with life long memories of a beautiful cities of Italy !!!