{"id":468,"date":"2011-11-26T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=468"},"modified":"2012-05-02T09:37:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:37:48","slug":"rome-day-4-last-full-day-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"Rome – Day 4 – Last Full Day in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. Peter's Dome<\/p><\/div>\n

I am quite certain that I have had my fill of Italy.\u00a0 Though I seem to say that every time I visit, and almost certainly at the last day of each trip, this time might be it.\u00a0 I don’t think I can visit the Vatican one more time…or walk the streets between Piazza Navona, Piazza della Rotunda and Piazza di Trevi.\u00a0 I need a bit of a break from it all….however, if someone wants to buy me a plane ticket….who knows.<\/p>\n

We did do the three hour tour of the Vatican today and I spent about 10% of my time listening to the tour and 90% looking for the perfect photo–which, of course, I didn’t find.\u00a0 Still, as I may have mentioned before, I learned a few things that I didn’t know before and that’s worth the experience.\u00a0 I am quite certain that I can be a tour guide for some of these tours–The Vatican Scavi tour for sure….so if anyone from Vatican City stumbles upon this blog, give me a ring.<\/p>\n

We did do our last big walk across Rome this evening, most of it spent looking through the antique shops on Via di Ripetta.\u00a0 I did see a small 5 inch square painting of St. Francis that caught my eye–I was told it was a 17th century piece.\u00a0 However, the 600 Euro price tag was a bit much…but I will be back in Rome in 4 days so you never know….maybe my bargaining skills will be in better form.<\/p>\n

I’m off to Istanbul tomorrow and I am trying to get psyche moving in a positive direction.\u00a0 We are heading out to dinner and I am sure that will help.\u00a0 An Iranian restaurant in Rome…sounds perfect.\u00a0 Here are some more photos from today.\u00a0 More from Istanbul the next three days.\u00a0 Ciao, Italia!<\/p>\n