Rome Day 2

Our second day in Rome we all started the day off by visiting St. Peter's Square to go to the papal audience. We arrived at the square a little bit early for the event, however the square filled up pretty quickly. During the audience some of us stayed til the end to see if we could get closer and get a better picture of the pope as he left, however he never left they way we expected he would. From here we had a little bit of free time and stopped in a market in the city and saw some of the home grown produce. After wandering around a bit, we all met up again to visit more sights in the city.

Our next stop made us take the metro down a couple stops to end up at San Giovanni Laterano and the Holy Stairs. We entered the church and looked around for a bit and then headed over to the holy stairs and just as we approached they just opened the building where the stairs were. A couple of the students climbed the stairs on their knees, while the others sat in the sun and waited. Next on the list was Santa Maria Maggiore, and also a stop at San Pietro in Vincoli, or St. Peter in chains. Here the later church had a monument for Moses and also in a glass case chains claimed to be woren by St. Peter when he was crucified upside down. On the way back to the hotel the Coloseum was along the route, so we stopped by for a couple minutes to get a photo opt in front of the Colosseo. However, we didn't stay long because we were to come back there on another day and we had one more stop on our list, the Cappuchian Monk Bones. This little place is where they take the bones of dead monks and create patterns/art with them. For example, they had made lights hanging from the ceiling from various bones from their bodies. This was our last stop on our tour before dinner and the group headed back to the hotel.

Me and Josh stopped back at an AS Roma store we had passed on the way to one of the churches before heading back to the hotel to meet up for dinner. Here Josh bought a Roma jersey and I just looked around because I have bought enough jersey's from my previous two visits. After dinner at another restuarant near our hotel we headed out to the Spanish Steps and Fontana di Trevi at night. We climbed the steps as a group and later all threw coins over our shoulders at the Trevi Fountain. After this, it pretty muched rapped our day, here are some pictures from that day.


The Pope at the Papal Audience

San Giovanni Laterano


The chains in St. Pietro in Vincoli


The Coloseum

The Spanish Steps at night


Trevi Fountain