Priest Day/Bus Strike

Our second day was a bit of a mess. There was a scheduled bus strike that conflicted with our plans. Originally we were going to see the Roman Forum but instead we went to the Vatican and the museum. This happened to be the same day as Priest Day where priests from all over travel to the Vatican and listen to the Pope. I didn't get to hear or see the Pope though. I don't really know when he was scheduled to speak but we arrived there in the early morning. After standing around watching lines and lines of priests building up at the entrance, our group walked over to the Vatican Museum.

I need to back up for a second. I forgot to mention where we travelled to, there were nuns and priests everywhere, a lot of nuns.

So we go through the Vatican Museum which was nice. There were rooms upon rooms of artwork that were just out of this world. It was all amazing. There was a section on ancient Egyptian art which was fantastic. I'm so glad that I took ancient art history even though it was the toughest class to sit through. I felt pretty awesome that I recognized all the things in the ancient rooms. It was pretty nifty! I remember something from my art history classes! Amazin'.

But we eventually were led into the Sistine Chapel. I was thrilled and impressed. It's dimly lit inside so it was hard to see everything clearly, but I was amazed by it all. It's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I wouldn't mind going through that museum again to see the Sistine Chapel several more times. I loved it.

After that, we were allowed to do whatever we'd like. I just took a bus back with some people and ate at this cute little cafe near our hotel. They had pretty amazing sandwiches there. Very nice.

I think that night I went out with some others to a bar to catch the last 20 minutes of soccer. It was that night or the next night. I can't really remember all too clearly but it was fun! Being in the bar with true soccer fans was great! They all were yelling at the TVs pretty much in unison. Loved it. I think it was the first French game. That was great.