Pictures are worth 1000 words...

So, this past week had been extremely busy, if you haven't realized by my lack of posting. So i decided to post all of the pictures that summed up this week as a whole. I went to the Vatican museum, and saw the Sistine Chapel. It was smaller than I expected, but Michael Angelo's paintings were absolutely amazing. I took a picture of the last judgment and of the creation of Adam. The pictures aren't the best quality however, because I had to sneak them! hehe. Thanksgiving was this past Thursday, and we went to church at the American Church in ROme in the morning. I met the cardinal of the church after mass, and also was able to shake hands with the American ambassador of the Holy See (AKA, The Vatican). Thanksgiving was very hard being away from my family, but this is a one I will never forget. I was able to share it not only with the students and faculty, but we also had another guest, Gina! Gina is good friends with my Nana, she has family that lives in Ohio, but lives in Italy. I got in touch with her, and invited her to our Thanksgiving. She helped Sarah and I make our Thanksgiving day cookies...we couldn't have done it without her! It was comforting having her here, because it was like having a little piece of home here in Italy with us. This weekend we went to Sorrento and Pompeii, it was incredibly beautiful. Sorrento has lemons as big as my head, and Pompeii has mold casts of thousand year old people who died and were preserved in the volcanic eruption. The pictures I included were of a 15 yr old boy curled up covering his mouth, in an effort not to breathe in the smoke, the other is of a 22 year old pregnant woman laying down trying to cover her mouth. Next, we saw an amphitheater made centuries ago. I was able to stand in the middle of the stage and talk, and the entire amphitheater was able to hear me. SOO, Sarah and I took that opportunity to put on a little show for all of the tourist in the amphitheater, and Sarah and I rapped to Eminem in the middle of an ancient amphitheater...awesome, right?!

Well, that is all for now. This week will be another busy one, but I will do my best to update. miss you all!