Some catching up to do

I'm a couple of days behind so I have a lot of catching up to do. It is now Monday morning and we are sitting in the laundromat. Arrigo is playing Candy Crush on his phone and I am blogging. This blog would be so much more interesting for all of you to read if I could add paragraph breaks - such a simple thing, but for some reason, it won't allow me to do it. It would also be nice if I could add pictures. I don't know what has changed from when I used to be able to do those two simple tasks, but it is frustrating. I apologize to all of you because I was really looking forward to all of you being able to read an interesting blog with pictures, but it's turned out to be JUST READING with no interesting pictures. Now is where I should put a paragraph break, but I'm not going to bother because when I publish the blog entry, it ignores it anyway. On with it! Yesterday we went to see the Via Appia Antica catacombs. We took the bus there and rented bikes to get around. They must have weighed 100 pounds each - not like our 20 pound bikes at home. It felt good to get some exercise besides walking. It gave my feet a rest. There are many catacombs in this area, but we went to Callisto Catacomb. The catacombs are where Christians from Roman times buried their families. Our tour guide, Nicola, who wore a scarf and hoodie because it's cold under ground, took us down to the tombs and explained everything to us. It was very comfortable, temperature wise, for us, but then again, we're from Canada. Nicola told everybody there were no pictures allowed, and when we got underground, he noticed somebody with a video camera on his head. Nicola asked him to put it away. He was very slow at putting it away, and Nicola finally told him to "put it away right now." We continued on our tour and there were two more men that had expensive cameras wrapped around their wrists as if to say 'no one will notice if I take a picture.' Nicola said no pictures are allowed. Later, on the tour, one Of the men went into one of the tiny hallways leading to more tombs and snapped a picture. Good thing I saw him because I had the guts to say "you aren't allowed to take pictures down here, have a little respect." He looked at me and it looked as though he was going to say something to me, but he knew he was in the wrong. After that I made sure I was at the back of the line to watch him. I'm the catacomb police. After our visit at the catacomb, we decided to go for a ride for what seemed like 10 kilometers, along via Apia Antica. This is a road that leads to Naples, but of course we didn't go that far. It Was like we were mountain biking because there was no paving. It was stone and uneven rock, just like they were in Roman times. We wanted to see the aqua ducts that were built around the Roman Empire. It's how they transported water way back then. Now that we had seen the aqua ducts, we had to make our way back to the bike rental place. There was also a nice little ristorante where,we had something to eat; we were hungry after mountain biking. These little restaurants that don't seem like much have the best food. Arrigo had mushroom and sausage lasagne. It was the absolutely the best lasagne I had ever tasted. After lunch, we took the bus to the Metro to see yet another museum. I think it called the National Museum Of Art. There were four levels of statues, paintings, frescoes, as well as coins from when the Roman Empire ruled; it was like being in Fort Knox as we stepped in the vault. There was also modern art, which wasn't as interesting. Ok, time to go home now, or should I say back to our home away from home. See you tomorrow.