Christmas day was sightseeing in Rome.We started the day with a walking =
tour which kicked off at the Collosseum, went through the forum and ended =
at the Vittorio Emanuele Monument. Our guide was a little Italian lady who =
was very knowledgeable and witty.
After that we were free to do our own thing. Unfortunatly most things were =
closed. Churches were however open. We went to see the Cappucine monks. The =
church is decorated with the bones of former monks. Creepy! We arrived =
there just after 12 to find that they were closed till 3pm. Heniette wasn’t =
feeling well (my sickness did the rounds) so we made our way back to the =
Collosseum to be picked up. We had some time to kill, so I bought a tripod =
from one of the street vendors for =E2=82=AC15. Bargain!
Back at the hotel we quickly changed and wrapped our secret santa presents. =
I got a Pinnochio marionnette and Salom=C3=A9 got a Gaudi draco fridge =
magnet.
Dinner wad nice. We went to a restaurant with two other Contiki groups. =
Lots of Chianti (red wine) made up for the small portions of turkey 
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Dessert was Itallian cake which is like a white fruit cake.
Oh while walking through Rome I discovered that my pedometer got reset. I =
had over 220000 steps (sigh).