A fresh reminder to just “go with the flow”…
I was not looking forward to waiting in the warm fall day as I approached the line to get in to St. Peters Basilica; however, the line seemed to flow well as I enjoyed the company of the young couple from Australia in front of me- just a minute or 2 either way would’ve probably found me in a quandry of do I persevere or “bag it”; especially, since I was doing Rome on the “cheap” because I left my wallet in my room…I shared my hopes of climbing the stairs to the top of the cupola- that is if there wasn’t a charge to use the stairs…Once we got through security & we were about to go our separate ways, Geoff stuffed a 10 euro bill in my hand…I was overwhelmed with their “blessing”; especially when I discovered that I needed to pay 8 euros to climb up the stairs to the top of the cupola.. Look at the views- it was worth it…
Thanks Geoff & Keira for helping me fulfill my dream…