On this trip, in Rome, we will of course be visiting St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It is hard to describe what you'll see there, except that it is astounding and you will feel very small when inside. And this, of course, is the point. Cathedrals were designed to make mankind realize how small we are in comparison to God. And it is very effective smile emoticon In these pictures, I am with my four children, and I was teaching them some of the remarkable facts about this

Ok, let me just say that if you've never had pizza in Italy....YOU'VE NEVER HAD PIZZA! Ok, maybe that's a bit over the top, but I will say it is something entirely different from what we have in the States. Now me being from NY, I am very partial to NY pizza as well wink emoticon But that's a whole nother thing ;-))) Italian pizza is truly in a class by itself. The crust is much thinner than in the States and everyone gets their own pizza (I love that!)! The combinations are