UK and Italy Picture Post

Here's some pics from our recent trip to the UK and Italy. It was a wonderful 10 days. I must confess it was tough being away from Kenzie for so long but she was in good hands back home in Tupelo with Honey. We had over a 1,000 pictures to choose from so I tried to grab the best...

London

 Time is on a different scale here....

 Buckingham Palace

 Ollivander's wand shop for the Harry Potter fans out there-

 Vatican museums in Rome

 The Sistine Chapel...we had a private tour guide that allowed us to spend about 30 minutes in the room with just our small group. The new Pope was elected here just a few weeks ago!

 The view out of our hotel room! Look familiar?

 The ancient city ruins...

 The Pantheon in Rome...an ancient pagan temple converted to a christian church

 The large dome opens to the sky....

 Trevi fountain...

 

The Spanish Steps....

 Inside the Roman Coliseum

 An old Italian eatery....best eggplant parmesan in the world!

 The amazing Basilica of St. Peter

 Michelangelo's Pieta...

 The dome....

 

Meet Pope Innocent XI...he died in 1689!

 We decided to climb the steps to the top of the dome. Here we are at the halfway point...look how small the people look for scale.

 View of the Vatican Gardens from the top of the dome...

 Italian coffee is strong...in fact coffee is an espresso over there. If you want our coffee you have to ask for "American coffee". Here we can see Mrs Peg 'doctoring' her coffee just a bit..

 We ended our time in Rome with a night walking tour...what an amazing city!

The real treat was coming home to Kenzie. Honey kept her busy with lots of fun, games, and learning. I think we missed her a lot more than she missed us! It was a great trip but there's no place like home!