On Sunday we saw the Pope... we woke up early and made our way to Vatican City so that we would be there by twelve, when he addresses the crowd from his window.
Can you see the nuns? (There are some by the fountain!)
Saint Peter's Basilica
Inside the basilica
The crowd anxiously waiting to see the Pope. I loved how one group of people brought balloons to grab the Pope's attention!
The Pope, or as we call him in Spanish...el Papa
The river Tevere, with Saint Peter's Basilica in the background.
After lunch we went to the Pantheon.
Creepy Pantheon fountain statue
Then we headed over the the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, but by the time we got the Colosseum entrance to by our tickets, they were closing, so we had to go back the next morning. The ruins though were breathtaking to look at, by far my favorite part about Rome, and it was really funny because there were men on the street playing some sort of wind instrument and trying to sell their cds, but the music gave the whole experience a really epic feeling since they were playing songs from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Doug's panoramic of the Roman Forum
We ended our day at the Spanish steps and saw an amazing sunset... along with the rest of Rome since it was so crowded that we could barely move!
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