Ciao! Sorry I haven't posted in awhile but its been a long and tiring, but awesome week! Tuesday we went to the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peters Basillica. It was AWESOME, I didnt even realize how much of the famous art I have been waiting to see was there.The line for the Vatican was probably a half mile long! But luckily we bought tickets and stood in a much much shorter line. First we went into the huge art gallery and saw everything from Byzantine art (Art from Byzantium which was considered the empire that carried on Roman tradition after the fall of Rome in the East) to tapestries of the last supper, also Rennaissance art, and my personal Favorite, the Rafaello rooms. These rooms used to be quarters of the pope many years ago, and Rafael painted all over them over periods of 3-5 years. This is where I saw the painting I was dying to see: School of Athens. This is the famous painting showcasing all of the famous philosophers of ancient Greece. I stood there in awe for a long time in that room. Afterward we went to the Sistine chapel, and again I couldn't believe my eyes. That ceiling is phenomenal! Its very interesting how they run the chapel...There are officials in there that are constantly clapping their hands as loud as they can to shut everyone up, and going "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" every five seconds and "SILENCIO, NO PHOTO!!!" I snuck some pictures anyways. One of the guys Nick got caught and kicked out, but nothing happened to him and he got to just meet us outside. It has been the talk of the trip so far lol. Next we went to St. Peter's Basillica and saw the Pieta, it was completely shut off by glass and just looked amazing. Afterward we got to walk around the square and I bought Billy and his mom a gift! I'm real excited to give them to them =) So that, in a nut shell was the Vatican and I'll attach some pictures at the bottom of what I think were great shots. Today, we took a bus to Florence (or in Italia, Firenze) and stopped off above the town to get a great group shot, I'll post one of me below from up there. We then walked a long walk to the Uffizi. The Uffizi was a city hall of sorts during Renaissance times where very important people worked. The Medici family was very invested in embelleshing the Uffizi with art and archetecture. Unfortunately there were no cameras allowed. I snuck one shot of the ceiling, but wished I could have taken so many more. We got to see the Birth of Venus, and one of the only movable Michelangelo paintings every made (because they were mostly on walls and ceilings) we also saw DaVinci! Next we walked alllllllll the way to the Academia to see THE DAVID. When I walked in the room I literally started getting giddy and giggly. I snuck photos in there too. I love love loved seeing the David and completely understand why the whole city of Florence idolizes him so much. SO many shops are called "David" something. Another thing about Florence is that it is so rich in its own unique culture. There are no high rises, no fast food, just old art and architecture everywhere. Its just beautiful. Tonight we got a hotel here and I'm sitting in the little cafe using the internet (not alone, with my roommates). And tonight we went to a little restaurant, had calzonis and cheesecake. It was yummy! Ok y'all gotta get up early for a train to Venice tomorrow so I'll post again soon. Ciao!
PS. I just tried to upload a few pictures of the past two field trips and its not letting me right now, but you can see them all on facebook.
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