Dara right before her swim.

Daughters Leanne and Hailey pose with some of the FINA staff, who also stayed at their hotel.

The moms enjoy a taxi ride.

The Trevi Fountain- absolutely beautiful!

Stacey and Hailey enjoy the sweeter side of Rome with gelato.

Hailey, Stacey, Kim, Leanne and Les ride the escalator in the Rome metro.

The winners watch Dara on Saturday!

The winners in front of the FINA villiage.

Our moms had a great first day in Rome, relaxing with Dara before she went to bed to get some rest before her 50m fly prelims tomorrow morning.

Here is moms Kimberly and Barbara get ready for the big trip!  We’ll be back with much, much more when the mom’s start their European holiday next week!