So, front row seats to the Pope today! I think it’s pretty funny that I traveled all the way to Germany for World Youth Day 3 years ago just for the sake of seeing the pope and I was probably only within a mile of him in actuality. And here I am, within 20 feet of him on a random spring break trip. Pretty impressive I would say. We came early enough that we were able to get those front seats which was pretty exciting, even if it was just for five minutes.
We also got to go through the Vatican Museums and see the Sistine Chapel. We didn’t look too much through the museums but we stayed in the chapel for a good half hour just because there is so much to look at. It was amazing to see it. I mean, I don’t know much about art, and I couldn’t really differentiate much art from any other in terms of skill or style. After seeing so much art and paintings in France in so many museums, I could identify particular works but I really couldn’t tell any distinct talent-based differences between them. I didn’t know which was technically “better” or more impressive than any other. However, in the Sistine Chapel, I could immediately see a difference in his painting, which was unlike any other I had seen. Not only was there just so much there, and painted upside-down nonetheless, but the figures and people actually looked like card-board cutouts to me, that’s how realistic they were to me. It was pretty amazing.
Another funny incidence: while walking down the street and shopping through the souvenir shops in Vatican City, we ran into a former teacher from St. Francis- Fr. Brad! We all kind of just did a double-take but we actually ran into someone we knew in Rome! It was pretty funny but nice to see a familiar face.
We ended the night with another walk to the Trevi Fountain, which we had wanted to see at night. Still the same story- same pose, same laugh, same toss behind the shoulder, same picture taken.
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