wifi at a cafe! whoo hoo!

Hi guys!!! we left you another oovoo message. Leave us one back!! we will get it as soon as we get to our hotel in rome.

we had a fun and busy day again today. first we took the subway to the miraculous medal chapel, and to our great disappointment, it is closed for 4 more months because of construction on the road. :( I was so sad I almost cried!! They gave us directions to another church, St. Vincent de Paul which was down the street. St. Vincent was in his coffin high above the alter. We got a few miraculous medals that they had there for you kids and for anyone else who wants one. They are not blessed yet, so when we are in rome we will try to ask to get them blessed somewhere. after that we took the subway to the church on the hill. wow, no wonder it has this name! i have never seen such a majestic looking church. all the steeples in it were doomed, and inside, oh wow. we couldn't take pictures inside, but it was beautiful. Then we took a walk down the side of it, and found a tourist street, bought a few souviners for you kids!! There was an art plaza full of french artists selling (and painting!) their work. Then instead of walking down the steps (we are done with steps. more in a minute on that), we walked down these cobblestone roads that were steep and at the top of a very steep hill. It was gorgeous!

Then we went to the shopping mall. Can you believe I found a mall? This thing was huge. but it didn't have seperate stores, it was all one store, and in an old building with a beautiful center dome. They had some cute clothes, but some of the kids' clothes were over 200 euros (which equals about 250 in our money), and well, that was a bit expensive, so we are still looking for some cute paris outfits. we did buy katharine a small little blanket bunny like cory's rattle bear at the mall but that was all. then had lunch at a little sandwhich shop by the opera.

stairs. i don't think you guys can even start to imagine how many stairs there are here. the subway is chuck full of them. sometimes you have to go up stairs just to go down about 30 feet later. stairs are everywhere. last night, at the eiffel tower, mom had the brilliant idea of WALKING down the steps from the second story of the eiffel tower instead of waiting in the huge line for the elevator. about 1000 steps (i exaggerate not) later, we make it to the first story. then we wait for the elevator. because the stairs were closed. LOLOL.

so at the sacred heart today (church on the hill), we get off the subway and head toward the street. it's a subway, so it's underground, but it isin't like really far underground or anything. well, that is the norm. this one... we must have went UP 10 flights of stairs or so. in a subway. we saw the line for the elevator, but i was impatient and didn't want to wait. guess what? now if i see lots of people in line for an elevator, we wait!! lots of stairs and lots of walking. :)

we are now sitting at a cafe that has wifi. had some dinner (a hamburger and fries. i called them french fries at the last place and well, they didn't look too kindly on that. LOL), and now are enjoying a cup of hot chocolate and coffee while we wait for our train. We will try and use the cell tonight, but not sure if it will work on the train. otherwise, we will try and oovoo tomorrow after school. have a good evening! we love you!! love, mom and dad.

ps you kids and anyone else who is reading, i feel like i am writing this to myself!! lol. you can leave a comment for any (or all) posts by clicking on the 'comments' section at the end of each post, it is in small print. 'see' you all in rome!! i am excited to be able to EAT. i have not been fond of the french cuisine, and have been living on baguettes and all the yummy desserts they have here!! LOL