When In Rome :)

What a good Friday indeed.  We set out pretty early in the morning after a free breakfast at our hotel.  Our first stop was the Vatican City (a separate country inside Rome).  We took the metro (with only a slight confusion) out to the area in west Rome.  Our first stop was St. Peter’s Basilica.  This building was beautiful!  We fought the lines to get in for free and despite my uneasiness of the crowds, we enjoyed a nice visit.  We were hungry so we stopped at a pizzeria for our first taste of Italian pizza.  We weren’t exactly sure what we were going to end up with (menu was in Italian) but

we ordered anchovie and prosciutto (ham).  Interesting to say the least!  We also picked up some more gelato before heading to the Vatican Museum and the infamous Sistine Chapel.  Soooo beautiful!  This was a masterpiece by Michelangelo and it houses his works such as ‘Creation’ and “Last Judgement”.  Afterwards, we went for round two on gelato before heading to the Coleseum to meet up with friends.  After we met up we stood in line to get to see the Pope at The Stations of the Cross.  We were front row to see it and I saw the Pope!!! We stood there from like 6pm-11pm.  Our feet hurt!!!  But it was soo worth it.  We tried to catch the bus back but it never came so instead of spending $ on a taxi we were going to walk back.  Luckily we found a nocturnal bus and we arrived back faster than our friends.  We were exhausted and definitely had no problems falling asleep.