Today was jammed full of activities, we woke up at 7am and went to the Vatican City to tour the museums and see the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican is technically it's own country so I can say that I was in 2 different countries today, which is pretty cool. The gardens in the Vatican are beautiful and the museum is amazing.
Our tour guide told us that apparently there are so many pieces in the museum that it would take 8 months to see them all, even if you just stopped for only a second in front of each one. We saw some amazing statues and tapestries and then we saw (arguably) the greatest piece of all; the Sistine Chapel. Unfortunately pictures aren't allowed so I wasn't able to take any, but I stood and stared at the ceiling for almost 20 minutes taking it all in and I still don't think I really saw everything, it is so detailed and beautiful.
We finished our tour of the Vatican in St. Peter's Square where the Pope was actually out on the steps because every Wednesday from 10am to 12pm he goes out to speak to the people. I was on the opposite side of the square, but I was able to get a picture of Pope Francis and it was really cool! (The picture is on my camera so unfortunately I can't add it on this post.)
After we left the Vatican and headed to the outskirts of Rome to get a short tour of some catacombs. It was a little creepy, but really awesome and we got to see both Christian and pagan burial tombs. We were at the catacomb were a Catholic Saint was buried (St. Sebastian) and so there were a lot of really cool decorations and a small church built on top of the catacombs. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take pictures in this place either, which was sad because they were really cool!
Then we went to the Opera and had a 3 course meal that was amazing. There was a salad, pasta and a rice dish, veal with spinach and potatoes, and a traditional Itlaian dessert tiramisu (which I couldn't have unfortunately because there were almonds in it and so they gave me an apple instead). The venue was smaller and the set up was really awesome and beautiful.
My last night in Rome has been very memorable and tomorrow morning we leave for the beautiful Venice!
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