Rome!

It was all smiles as we hit the outskirts of Rome this morning and wove our way through the traffic and a couple of nice parks to St Peters. The feeling was almost euphoric even if it was hiding lots of aches and pains. Just as we walked through the arches into St Peters square, Pascale a French woman we have walked with for a few days, came up to greet us.

Tourists have little idea of the joy and wonder that pilgrims feel on reaching their goal. It is wonderful. We picked up our testimonials and went for lunch. Then it was back to the square for a while to savour the atmosphere. Then navigated the very crowded bus service to our accommodation at the confraternity of pilgrims to Rome centre.

A great day we will long remember.

There are more photos and posts coming over the next few days as we have a good connection here and will want to stop and reflect a little on our journey.

Thanks everyone for your support and prayers. It has meant a lot to us to know people were praying for us on this journey.