Yes, I enjoyed a fabulous weekend--no, not frolicking, but hard-core trekking--through the streets of Rome (I think I left the soles of my feet there). I don't want to give away all the juicy details, but to share a few of the things I did over the four days I spent there:
- Visited a bevi of beautiful churches;
- Wandered starry-eyed through the Vatican museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica;
- Stood before the Pope among a throng of people to receive his blessing on Sunday morning in the heart of the Vatican;
- Indulged four times in four delicious helpings of gelati (though I'd about had it after the fourth :) ); and...
- Snapped almost 200 photos of it all! Here's a taste of my album...
St. Peter's Basilica
I'm on the right :)
My friend Claudette and I trying to wrap our arms around one of the columns of the Pantheon.
Pope Benedict XVI blessing the crowds from his office window.
A worshipper beholding the altar
deep in the heart of the Church of Saint Mary Major.
A worshipper beholding the altardeep in the heart of the Church of Saint Mary Major.
Praise the Lord for such good weather and wonderful traveling companions as well! This weekend I hope for the same, as I am headed to Cordoba, another city in southern Spain about an hour and half to the west of Granada. More to report when I return!
Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers on my behalf...truly, I am grateful.
May the Lord pass on to each of you the blessings He has poured on me recently!
Brittany
Great pictures! I loved Rome (and Florence, and Sienna, and Pisa, and you get the idea), and your pictures remind me of the special time I had there.
ReplyDeleteIt looks as if the weather was beautiful - the day we went to the Colosseum was rainy and somewhere around 40 degrees (F). We did see Judy Dench at the Pantheon though, which was fun.
-Andrew B