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THE SLEEPER TRAIN
When we were making plans to go to Europe, I had read people's travel blogs and the suggestions were to take a sleeper train from Paris to Rome because you would be to see the Alps and it was just a more fun experience. We found tickets that were about the same price as airline tickets so we got them. Well if anyone is reading this and thinking about doing sleeper trains, DON'T!!!! It was the worst thing ever! We got there are there was this lady dressed in full tradition African gear sitting on the bench, taking up the whole thing with her bags and her, instead on putting them on the racks or under the bench. We put our stuff out of the way and pretty sure our other bunk mates came (6 people in total).
The French couple that came in were friendly and kind of annoyed with the African lady too. She decided to take her shoes off (PEW-EE!) and start massaging her feet. It smelled, and it was about 85-90 degrees in there. We went down the "snack car" and they had dried out sandwiches and...oh wait, that was it. The bathrooms were the size of airline bathrooms but smelled like a combination of cows, burned broccoli, and throw-up. So in the morning when we were stopped in Milan, there was a group of high school students from Texas that got off the train, the African lady poked me really hard to wake me up, "your people leaving, get up. Your people leaving." My response, "no, we're going to Rome. Those aren't our people." She left the room and we never saw her again. I had set my alarm to get up at about 4am so that I could go out and see the Alps and there was nothing. So overall the sleeper train, no good. But it makes a great story!! :)Rome was truly amazing. I had mixed feelings about it though. Of all the cities and places that we went, it was the place that I felt the least safe. But overall I am so glad that I got to see what I did. I am so blessed to have been able to go on this trip and see what I did.
My favorite thing in Rome: THE SISTINE CHAPEL
...which is actually the Vatican City, but oh well. I know that there has been a lot of preservation and restoration over the years, but it AMAZED me at how vibrant the colors were and just how amazing it was. I knew I was in the presence of greatness.
Here's the videos I took during our trip to the Vatican.
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