Yeah, I went to Mass at the Vatican this morning.. n.b.d.

After an interessante weekend in Roma, I have learned quite a bit. 

When in Rome,

-expect to not be able to feel your legs at the end of the day. But it's okay, because you saw the Trevi fountain... seriously? The Trevi fountain. In real life. Woah.

-eat at the largest McDonald's in the world. Be siked to finally have ketchup again, but don't throw a fit when they ask for the 10 cents it costs. (Yes, I know. I was in Rome, & chose to eat at McDonalds. Just accept it.)

-stick to the back of the metro, since it tends to be less crowded. If you're feeling a bit adventurous, stand in the middle of the cars. It's like standing on a water bed: my idea of a good time.

-learn the word "basta" (enough), so that you can use it against the thousands of bothersome street vendors. But when it starts raining and you don't have an umbrella, they will be your new best friend.

-expect to be ripped off. You have 'American' written all over you.

There's so much more that I will probably think of later. We had a lot of fun this weekend, & saw SO MUCH! Friday we walked around with our teacher/guide, Jessica. On Saturday, we walked & shopped a little. On Sunday, we got up early to go to Mass at the Vatican. We standed in line for about 45 minutes, but right as we were about to walk through security, we were taken aback when we heard "High School Musical" blaring over the speakers in front of the Vatican. We have no clue what that was about, rando. We got into the Vatican, walked around a little, & headed to the front to watch the service from behind the barricades. They only let about 500 people in the very front were the service actually takes place, but the security guy let us go in. A couple of the girls in my group were able to take communion at the front. On our way out of Vatican City, we stopped to say hi to the Swiss guard we met on Saturday night. It was quite a weekend! We are headed back to Rome tomorrow to go to the World Food Program. On Wednesday, we are going to Pompeii, & then spending the weekend in Positano, on the coast.

Here are some pics from the weekend:

The view from the Spanish steps

That's me drinking from the fountain in front of the Spanish steps. I perfer water from ancient aquaducts.

The Trevi! My favorite.

Inside the Pantheon. Did you know you can get married there? Hm...

The Pantheon is really big.

Now I'm off to bed! I'm running off of 3 hours of sleep (that explains all the grammatical errors, but Dad, you can still send all the corrections in an e-mail like always)! Buono notte!