Rome- Day 2

We seriously saw and did SO MUCH this weekend- there's no way I can blog about all of it! So... I'm just going to go through each thing we did and put a picture with it! If you want to see more, check out the million and seven pictures I put on my facebook!

The bathroom in which I took the coldest shower of my whole life. Such a great wake up call at 7 am.

View from the Piramide metro station right across from Vincenzo's apartment

Yummy breakfast where we got free chocolates for being "bellisima"

Gardens of the Vatican. We got there at 9am and had bought tickets in advance. We got to skip all the lines outside- best 12 euro spent in my life.

Hallway to the Sistine Chapel. Couldn't take pictures inside of it but it was amazing. The whole experience of being in the Vatican was just amazing and overwhelming. We spent about 7 hours in there- and it could have been longer. So much to see, so incredible.

One of the many exhibition type rooms in the Vatican

St. Peter's Basilica. We got lucky and had absolutely beautiful weather in Rome. Such a beautiful plaza.

Tombs of the popes in the basement of the Basilica

The church itself. Again with the overwhelming. Amazing architecture!

Between this and the next picture, we saw the Pantheon, which was first a temple and then became (and currently is) a church. It is a large dome structure with one open circle at the top which lets in all the light  for the space. It was really cool to see but unfortunately my camera had died. So you'll have to imagine! Or look up a picture on google...

We took a nap after our long day and then headed off to dinner at Vincenzo's friend Adriano's house. Such yummy Italian food. Needless to say, I ate a ton of gluten and was/am so sick. But, when in Rome!

 

We ended the night with dancing; Italian people happen to be CRAZY dancers. We drove around in Adriano's car, too- something I would have never gotten to do had we not gone couch surfing.

And there is my Saturday in Rome in a nutshell!