Roma

Decided to go to the Vatican City with some people I met at the hostel in my room. It poured rain all day. When we got off the metro and started walking towards St. Peters Square we were bombarded with people asking one after another if we wanted to have a tour in English, or Spanish, or any language. And then there were lines and lines of people holding out umbrellas just waiting for you to take one because of the rain. Haha it was great. I figured if I didn’t take the guys offer on the first umbrella then I shouldn’t on the next guy because I was already more wet. You just had to hold strong the hold time and not pay for one. I was successful. The Vatican was phenomenal. I was amazed first at the size of St. Peters Square. My favorite part of the square is all the statues on top of the outside facing into the square. Everything about it was just so perfect. And when you go into the Basilica it only got better. Unlike anything you will ever see, no matter who you are or where you come from, you will find beauty in St. Peters Basilica. I could have spent the whole day in there but one of the girls we were with wanted to see the Pantheon that afternoon so we had to keep moving. We went into the Vatican museums and into the countless number of rooms filled with wall to wall, ceiling to ceiling, art. The most old and beautiful art I have ever see or will ever see. Sistine Chapel was obviously the high point of the museums. When you walk in and see all the heads looking at the ceiling in silence you know you are in something special. The paintings on the ceilings felt like they were falling right down onto you. Amazing. After that it was back into the rain. I made it back to the hostel and decided to nap a bit before I went to meet my new friend Carla who is a friend of a friend that lives in Rome, I took a bus to Piazza Novana and she took me to a little place for some food. It was good to talk to someone that shared a commonality with home. She was a great help on little questions I had about Rome and Italy. So, it was a good night, a good day all in all.