Rome, Italy

We are currently in Rome. The other day we flew out of Barcelona and headed to Italy. Let me tell you, I am supper excited to be out of Spain. Nine days anywhere is too long. We were meeting a ton of cool people, but we were ready to move on.

Rome is amazing. We walked to the Colosseum the first night and then went out on the town. Today we walked pretty much across the entire city to hang out with the Pope in the Vatican. It was amazing. We meet a English girl was going to give us a group tour, but we were the only ones who showed up, so it ended up being a private tour. The Vatican is so amazing! Especially the Sis Teen Chapel. It almost took my breath away seeing it for the first time. I tried to take some pictures but I got yelled at by the guards- I guess you are not suppose to do that. They say that if you were to look at every piece of art for one minuted, it would take like somewhere around 16 years or something to get through the museum. After the Vatican tour, we went to see the Church Giovanni, the official church of Rome. It is where the Popes seat is, form where he speaks infallible words.

There so much history in Rome. You can not walk five minutes without seeing something that looks important. There is so much church history here, yet so many people are not church goers. You should see the reactions we get when we tell people that we are religion majors.

Our hostel that we are currently staying in is crammed full of people. It is nice though bc we get a free breakfast and dinner. I am not use to roughing it though. I feel like this is a stretching experience for me. There are a ton of Australians who seem like they can do this for a living. We meet so many people out here who just come and stay and get jobs. That way of living seems so far from what I am use to.

I am excited but I really miss home. I look forward to my routine again and I look forward to seeing all my friends again. I am not worrying about finances as much. Keep praying that peace comes over me and I don't worry about things that I can not control. Next stop, Budapest.