There is too much to say about Rome, so I might a lot of things.
On Sunday went to the Vatican and we saw the Pope, (his name escapes me at the moment, but we saw him, through a window). He read something in Latin, which luckily Jason and I have rigorously studied in preparation of hearing the Pope speak. He read verses, greeted some people from different countries (in their own language), then he waved and he was off. After that we walked down the street and visited a castle that was a prison, i could be wrong. It was a pretty magnificent architecture to say the least. And after a day of walking, we ended up in the best Gelato place in Rome, and we were not disappointed (ferrero roche gelato is effing delicious, winnipeg needs to get on that).
Throughout the next couple of days Jason and I, (along with Estin, a girl from Vienna who was staying in the first hostel we stayed at in Rome) visited more museums and say most of the city of Rome had to offer. We went to see the Old Rome along with the Colosseum. It was a bit overwhelming to walk through the Colosseum given its incredible history, and that Ive only seen it in movies. It was pretty great.
We also went back to the Vatican and explored St. Peters Basilica, (the Pope is livin in a pretty pimpin crib, MTV should get on that). We also saw the Sistine Chapel where the famous ceiling paintings of Michelangelo were. The Sistine Chapel was overwhelming, but incredible.
We walked and walked and had more gelato and walked some more and had more gelato.
We saw ALOT of ruins, ALOT of it. As we walk through Rome, I felt like I willing took a history walking tour. Streets of Rome is like a history lesson, overwhelmingly plenty of history!
After spending almost a day aboard a plane, from Rome to Heathrow, to Dehli, to Nepal, we reached Kathmandu and will be here until Monday. Tomorrow, we head to the farm where we will be spending most of our time in. So we are taking advantage of the interweb for the time being, until we get cut off from it for awhile.
On Sunday went to the Vatican and we saw the Pope, (his name escapes me at the moment, but we saw him, through a window). He read something in Latin, which luckily Jason and I have rigorously studied in preparation of hearing the Pope speak. He read verses, greeted some people from different countries (in their own language), then he waved and he was off. After that we walked down the street and visited a castle that was a prison, i could be wrong. It was a pretty magnificent architecture to say the least. And after a day of walking, we ended up in the best Gelato place in Rome, and we were not disappointed (ferrero roche gelato is effing delicious, winnipeg needs to get on that).
Throughout the next couple of days Jason and I, (along with Estin, a girl from Vienna who was staying in the first hostel we stayed at in Rome) visited more museums and say most of the city of Rome had to offer. We went to see the Old Rome along with the Colosseum. It was a bit overwhelming to walk through the Colosseum given its incredible history, and that Ive only seen it in movies. It was pretty great.
We also went back to the Vatican and explored St. Peters Basilica, (the Pope is livin in a pretty pimpin crib, MTV should get on that). We also saw the Sistine Chapel where the famous ceiling paintings of Michelangelo were. The Sistine Chapel was overwhelming, but incredible.
We walked and walked and had more gelato and walked some more and had more gelato.
We saw ALOT of ruins, ALOT of it. As we walk through Rome, I felt like I willing took a history walking tour. Streets of Rome is like a history lesson, overwhelmingly plenty of history!
After spending almost a day aboard a plane, from Rome to Heathrow, to Dehli, to Nepal, we reached Kathmandu and will be here until Monday. Tomorrow, we head to the farm where we will be spending most of our time in. So we are taking advantage of the interweb for the time being, until we get cut off from it for awhile.
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