Vatican

Saturday Brandon and I struck out early to explore the Vatican. The weather was so nice we didn’t wear coats! At St. Peters Cathedral we huffed it up more steps than Rocky. The view was absolutely outstanding! Rome is colorful, it has palm trees, and a river. Seeing it all from above was really special.

After we saw St. Peters we grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed over to the Vatican Museum which contains the Sistine Chapel. I would love to go back to the Vatican museum because we didn’t have time or energy to see it all. We spent a lot of time in the Sistine Chapel, but it is so intricate that I didn’t feel like I had enough time to adequately burn the images on my retinas.

As I was touring the Vatican I kept thinking “My Grandparents have been here!” This made me feel really connected to the place. I also couldn’t help thinking of my Dad and how meaningful a trip to the Vatican would be for him.

I’m pretty sure Brandon and I borrowed energy from Saturday to pull off Friday. We were both sound asleep in our hostel beds by 5pm. I Felt like I could have slept right through to Sunday, but Brandon prodding me, and the promise of free diner lured me into the common room at 8:30 pm. Diner, conversation, and guitar music put the life back into everyone. We set out with our hostel mates again and what ensued is so exciting it requires its own blog entry.