Shutting off the AC!?!?!?!

Sleeping in... well almost. We had to get up at 8 to eat breakfast (with the cost of food we can not afford to miss our continental breakfast!) The fan helped the AC out immensely and since we were so tired from walking and going to bed later, we thought we would sleep some more. We woke up at 1 to discover the AC was not working anymore, so we decided to get out of the room and find out the problem. The guy at the front desk informed us the AC is shut off from 10-3 everyday since no one is in the hotel room (as he pointed at all of the keys behind them.) We have to turn in our key everytime we leave the hotel. I guess that is another incentive to get up early.... So we headed to our bus stop (we are getting better at getting around.) We were on the bus and waiting for our stop, just after the door closed at this one stop Corey said that we should get off on that stop sometime... I decided to look closer and realized that was our stop! So we got off at the next one. For lunch we ate outside a little cafe on the street in front of St. Peters... I had pizza and Corey had lasagna (umm... it was good.) And as a side note, they only take Visa. This credit card stuff can get to be annoying (it is nice to get the best exchange rate and know they are being honest... but most places do not take Discover.) Being that close we headed to St. Peters for the rest of the afternoon. It seemed that the lines in front of the Basilica were pretty short... until we got closer and realized that now everyone has to go through a metal detector to get in. (Guess the "War of Terrorism" has streched all the way to the Vatican!) The metal detector was kind of funny though. People were beeping and the guy on the other end with the wand kept talking on his cell phone (seems that is a favorite passtime of the police around here!) The bag check guy was also looking up several times as the bags wizzed through the machine. Inside we checked out the church; new things have been added since I have been there last. Corey got to see his first Incorruptible... we also went to the Basilica museum (I do not think I have ever seen so much gold and diamonds in one place!) After that we took the bus back to the internet place to do some homework (for Corey). We saw some people riding bicycles that managed to stay ahead of the bus (granted we were making stops and stuck in traffic sometimes... but it was kind of funny.) For dinner we found a little restaurant across the street. We shared Bruschettà and I had a ham & cheese Calzone. Corey ordered "what those people are eating". He found out afterwards that it was Swordfish... I think the side was eggplant and tomatoes. He thought it was very good (I tried the Swordfish and tomatoes... but not the eggplant!)