I have to keep this short because we are hurrying out of our hostel. We got quite the bargain today! We woke up early and hurried over to the Vatican to beat the infamous lines forming at the museum. Oddly, we found ourselves swept up in all the commotion and flock of people surrounding St. Peter's Basillica even at 8 in the morning. Lots of chairs set up...rock concert?! no...who other than the Pope himself was preparing to speak before a crowd of I'd guess 10,000 in St. Peters square. We found seats in the last section, but the front row. Good choice because at precisely 10:30...the Pope in the Pope Mobil, a small Mercedes golf cart, rolled up no more than 5 feet away from us!!! I got a great pic of him...I promise to post it soon. What an amazing experience. We could have easily reached out and touched his convertible...but we were a bit scared of the Swiss Guard making sure no one got within range for a high five. Awesome!
We spent the rest of the morning touring the Vatican. Saw the Sistine Chapel (incredible!) and many famous works by Michaelangelo and Rafael (School of Athens) at a discounted student rate of only 8€! fantastic. We'll speak more about this later....I'm not kidding...5 feet!
The Basilica of St. Peter is larger than you could imagine...easily 20x the size of St. Pets back in GE. Hope everyone had a great day. We're off to CinqueTerre for some hiking and beaching.
- Matt
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