The rest of Rome

Sunday, April 20
Church was good. Not hard to find at all...especially when we saw a lady holding a copy of the Joseph Smith manual on the metro. Poor lady. Hopefully she wasn't too scared when we started following her everywhere she went.

That night we went on a walk to the Spanish Steps. I really wanted to see Trevi Fountain at night with all the lights on. People everywhere. But it was beautiful, glowing. I threw a few coins in to guarantee my return to Rome.


Monday, April 21
Today featured the Vatican City. We saw St. Peter's Basillica. It's huge and there are windows in the rooftops everywhere, so it's quite bright inside. The only thing a little weird were the two dead popes displayed in glass caskets. I am not even joking. Kind-of creepy if you ask me...

One of my favorite things was a glass window featuring a dove with gold light shining out from behind it in rays of stained glass. It was really beautiful. I also liked Michelangelo's Pieta. It's incredible how he can make stone look like real fabric.

After the church, we stood in line for the Vatican Museum. I loved this museum because all of the displays and statues were right there, close. They're not 10 feet away behind glass. You can get up close and look at details and take all the pictures you want.

The Sistine Chapel is incredible. Michelangelo wanted it to show the history of the world and power of God. The ceiling panels start with the creation and goes through to after the flood. The main wall shows the Last Judgement. We sat in there for quite a while, staring at his masterpiece.