But seriously, we went to the papal audience on Wednesday. Basically, 10,000 people show up in St. Peter's Square to get blessed by the pope (or Il Padre, as they say). It was sort of like a rock concert, which was surreal. Also made me wonder if these people go this crazy in church? I doubt it. It was scorching hot and sunny that day, so I was a little uncomfortable. We dressed up all nice in our cleanest clothes for the pope (Yes mom, my shirt and pants were ironed. Ok, they weren't "ironed," but they also weren't wrinkled). I was really glad I went, but was glad it was over when it was. The pope spoke in five different languages when we were there, and some Cardinal announced the University of Dayton School of Business was in attendance, which was kind of cool.
Most of us are staying in Rome this weekend to save a little dough. My roommate Brian and I are headed to Interlaken, Switzerland next Thursday morning (early, so basically midnight Wednesday in the states). We're really looking forward to the trip, but also looking forward to this weekend in Rome. Went to the Vatican today by myself to walk around and watch tourists. Realized when Katie was leaving that we didn't see "La Pieta" (Michelangelo's famous sculpture) last time we were there because we rushed out to see the Sistine Chapel before it closed. So I went back today. I didn't bring my camera, so here's a picture I got off the internet, in case you're unfamiliar with the sculpture.
Most of us are staying in Rome this weekend to save a little dough. My roommate Brian and I are headed to Interlaken, Switzerland next Thursday morning (early, so basically midnight Wednesday in the states). We're really looking forward to the trip, but also looking forward to this weekend in Rome. Went to the Vatican today by myself to walk around and watch tourists. Realized when Katie was leaving that we didn't see "La Pieta" (Michelangelo's famous sculpture) last time we were there because we rushed out to see the Sistine Chapel before it closed. So I went back today. I didn't bring my camera, so here's a picture I got off the internet, in case you're unfamiliar with the sculpture.It was really cool to see, that's for sure. Apparently, they're shooting the sequel to the Da Vinci code in Rome right now, and this girl from UD saw Tom Hanks today. He cut himself on set (according to the papers), so filming stopped temporarily. How cool is that? I haven't seen anyone famous besides the pope yet. This picture above was taken by a guy from UD who was sitting next to me. Look how close the pope got to us! That's all for now, I'm sorry for the distance between posts, I'll try and come up with some cool stuff this weekend, maybe go hunting for Tom Hanks...
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What a pic of HH!!!! And great commentary, too. Sounds just like you, Bry -----------and I'm proud of you ---------- Have a good rest of the weekend - Kyle and I promise we will. Love you, GMA
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