Pasta, and more pasta!

7/1
This morning we woke up at about 6:30 am and went to the lobby for a great breakfast! They had little packets of nutella-like stuff that I put on my bagel! (Haha, bagel… hi Jared) We checked out, put our luggage on the coach bus, and headed to the Vatican! The line at the Vatican was really, really long, but the good thing about big tour groups is that we get to cut everyone!
I wish I could use the perfect words to describe everything we saw today in the Vatican City. It was incredible and nothing like anything on this earth! We saw the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and everything else in the little city, except for the Pope himself! In the Sistine Chapel, Michaelangelo's original paintings were everywhere, including The Last Supper. It was so amazing and unbelievable. In this particular part of the Vatican, there was no talking, no pictures, and a dress attire. We saw the window that the Pope pops out of every Wednesday and the place where he sits. In one part (there were so many I can't remember which it was), there were letters made of gold surrounding the huge, massive ceiling. Each letter was taller than 6 feet!! I wish I could describe more so you could understand the detail and incredible artwork, but it's so hard to do. After the amazing adventure in the Vatican, we went shopping and sightseeing around Rome! We had about 5 hours. There were some girls on the trip with us that are from Baylor. They are really sweet and we all stuck together today! Yes, we got gelato. Then we all met back at the Vatican and took the coach bus back to Civitavecchia! When we got back, Shea and I ate our free dinner, which was more pasta. Now we are sitting in the room, blogging, charging cameras and laptops, and watching a movie! Time to sleep!! Tomorrow I have a cooking class on a farm! I can’t wait!