TOUR OF ROME

We were brought by our tour guide Elizabeth, to the important landmarks in the City of Rome, such as the Basilica of Rome, dedicated to both St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. It was also know as the Basilica of St. John Latrina.
It was beautiful. At the very end just behind the altar was the tomb of Pope Martin V.
We were also shown the monument of Victor Emmanuel, Pizza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi, Via Veneto, the Triumph Ark and the Colosseum. In the afternoon Ricky Ordoñez guided us to the Vatican City at the Basilica of St. Peter. We were not able to visit the catacomb, the Sistine chapel, as well as Rome’s Treasury.
People were told to get out as the biggest church in the whole world was being prepared for a special mass for the students.
Elizabeth was an old lady, a professional tourist guide. She knew by heart what she was saying except that she said them too fast, I could hardly take notes.
When I visited Rome in 1978 on my way home from Nigeria, I toured the city alone on a limousine. Due to limited time I didn’t have a chance to visit the Catacomb, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum but even now that we have all the time, we were forced to go out to give way to a very important celebration. I hoped that before we go back to the Philippines, Ricky Ordoñez shall have the time to bring me to those places.
I was also dying to see Mona Liza “in person”, and the Tomb of St. Peter, our clan’s Patron Saint. Tomorrow we shall go to Turin as part of our pilgrimage… to follow the footsteps of St. John Bosco.