Charles Douglas
One day away from leaving Rome, we are on a train to Naples to visit Pompeii. so far we've discovered the wonders of the ancient world, but also that it is full of street merchants who disappear when a police car drives past, and squeak like rubber ducks to attract the attention of passers-by. After foot-slogging our way around Rome for two days, for up to ten hours for each, we entered the smallest internationally recognised country in the world; the Vatican City, and spent a few minutes of the several hours we had in the Sistine Chapel, to the chant of , "Silencio, por favore," from the guard. After a late-night gelato to celebrate George Easton's and Adam Clark's birthdays, we travelled to Ostia the next day, and saw the last of the four great churches of Rome, St. Paul's without the Walls.
