Update from the South!

Hi from Amantea! We've left Rome, city of so many sites, and the swealtering heat box, also known as +40C, and made our way down south, south of Naples, to the area of Calabria, Italy. The heat is a little less, more like +35, which seems quite cool actually, so I take it we have aclimatized to the heat. It's a much different lifestyle down in the south than in Rome. Rome seemed fast paced compared to where we are now - if that's possible to believe!

Rome itself was amazing - we spent the two days there exploring every major tourist site we could and plan to see a few more when we return at the end of August. We have yet to see the Sistine Chapel, but we did get to the Vatican, which on its own was quite impressive. Other sites we visited were the Forum, the Pantheon, The Colosseum, The Trevi Fountain, The Spanish Steps, and the extremely large monument of Vittorio Emmanuel, aka "The Wedding Cake" - a name due to it being totally ostentatious.

One of the more impressive sites though, was not found in Rome, but in the City of Pompeii. This city is a must see on anyone's trip to Italy. It's simply stunning to see a city of its age so well preserved.

So where is Amantea you may ask? This city(more like a small town) is south of Rome by about 4 to 5 hours and is very lively at night along with a few of the other small towns around the area. We spent a few hours on the beach today, late in the day as the heat of midday is too much unless you spend the whole time in the water! A few short moments ago we finished dinner at a small little restaurant and had calzone, pizza, and canoli - an superb dessert!

Anyway...we'll update you all on another day, but we'll sign off for now to enjoy a little night life.