I SAW THE FREAKING POPE!!!!!!!
we went to the vatican and were there for part of mass!!! And it was the pope!!! I have video and everyhing!!!!! Yaaa!!!
I love rome so much.
Dear hailee sellars: i feel compelled to tell you this after your last message to jake about diners drive ins aand dives... There is gelato everywhere. We are literally having it every single day. Its so good. So good.
For everyone else, we went on a waalking tour yesterday, and it was really cool. The dude waas from iowa. We went to the pantheon, the colloseum, walked all over, pretty much. Theres just so much interesting and badass history here.
And, although i am ashamed to admit it, i havent seen Gladiator, so it was super interesting to me, because i apretty much knew nothing.
Also, in the middke of the city, there all are these ruins, and a long time ago there waaas this rat proble,, so kind brout in all these kitties from egypt to get rid of the rats...but then they hads like 10000 kitties and didnt know what to do. So...they just left them. But now there is all these cats, so in these ruins a lot of the kitties live thewre, and theres this cat shelter that got started up to feed all of them and give them shots and stuff, and if you want you can adopt a feral roman cat!! I definately thought about it...
Also, before mussolinis reign, there wasnt a lot of the roman ruins that were nice in the cit, but mussolini waas a major factor in restoring them and finding all. These roman ruins, an d he even recreeated the circus maximus, which is where all the chariot races were. Niw its just a park, but its the thought that counts.
Thanks mussolini, you did soe good!!
Uhm..tomorrow we are going back to the vatican (we dsecided to stay an extra day, because we love it so much) and going. To see all of the museums, and the sistene chapel and stuff.
Also, i bought a lovely italian pashmena scarf!!! Its a lovely peach colour. It was probably made in china...but..its the thought that counts!!
Well, im off for now, gotta go explore rome!!!
Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxox wish you all were here!!!
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Mussolini and his mistress were both shot and beaten to death and then hung by their heels by his adoring fans at the end of the 2nd world war, the photos of this are on WW2 in Color. Cool that you got to see the Pope and all of the other neat historical sites. You are right in your comment about the scarf, it is more about where you bought it than where it was made. I once bought what I thought was a very unusual hand woven wall hanging in Plymouth, England and dragged it along for the rest of my trip only to find the identiical one for sale in Welkmart in downtown Vernon for a fraction of the price I paid. But every time I look at it, I am reminded of my trip. Have fun you guys!
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Yay!!!xoxoxo mom
ReplyDeleteWow, the Pope!. Jake is now one up on his Grandmother. (She was in Rome a few yrs ago and SHE didn't even get to see the Pope). His Grandmother would be proud. btw, I love your blogs. Anna
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