A week in rome

We got into Rome on Sunday by train and it has been non stop since. Rome is amazingly fast; the people, the cars, the language, everything. Being from Montana I’m sure does not help but its fun to sees something new. On Monday it was nice at first and then it turned in to a huge rainstorm creating lakes and rivers in the streets near the Colosseum and the forum. We only walked by them but we should get to go get a closer look on our free day on Saturday. We have gone to mainly churches so far such as Santa Maria Maggiore and San Clemente, both of which were beautiful (obvious understatement). San Clemente is amazing because of the levels below the church that you can go see, we drank from the underground river which was surprisingly delicious and hey no one got sick from it. Santa Maria Major is enormous and contains pieces of Jesus’ cradle in a reliquary under the altar which was compelling to see, especially the pilgrims that came in robes with walking sticks. Today we went to the Vatican museums and St. Peters square. I wish i had words to describe some of the artwork i saw, but right now I think i’m still absorbing and contemplating. The Sistine Chapel was different than i was expecting but still amazing nonetheless if you disregard all the annoying vultures of tourism who will push and mumble until they get their way, sorta sad to see. Anyway, Rome is cool just a little too fast for my taste but we still have a couple more days and some more stuff to see. Dinner at a Irish pub tonight called The Scholars Lounge, should be interesting haha. More later this week! Hey to everyone back home!