Every Race, Every Nation
It all comes down to this: Sacred love.
Well the luggage-in-the-elevator situation was resolved quite quickly, thankfully, so we were able to carry on more or less as planned! That day we went to the Vatican and saw all the sculptures and architecture and of course the Sistine Chapel. Actually it didn’t look anything like I pictured, it was dimly lit and although the ceiling was pretty high, the room itself wasn’t all that big; like the rooms leading up to it were almost equally impressive.
After the Vatican we walked up a bit to St. Peter’s Square where the Pope gives addresses. Then we took the metro to the Fountains of Trevi which were very beautiful but very crowded with hot, sweaty tourists. Still a good experience though!
Yesterday we went to the Coliseum and the Palatine (which I’d never heard of but it was really cool!). That took basically all day. The weather was a bit cooler than the day before but it was still very warm. I can’t wait until Germany to get rid of this gross sticky feeling all the time! Anyways, at 8:30 Mark and Alex and I went to our hostel’s “sister hostel” for supper. Pretty good deal, last night I got 2 pieces of pizza and a girly lemon shot and an ice cream cone for 1.50 Euro. I think that means I win life… or at least, dinner in Rome on Saturdays.
As it turns out we probably won’t be doing the 5 village hike because it would involve 8 hours on a train and we don’t want to sit for so long, plus the train is rather expensive. I’m sure we’ll find something to do today!
