Do you recognize these young men?
It was quite impressive today, watching them catch the Rome subway, breezing non-chalantely from the platform to the train car, navigating this once panic inducing task as though it were routine. I felt a great sense of pride watching them, seeing them as the seasoned travelers they have become. I also appreciated that my personal level of panic around getting everyone on and off the metro together has substantially subsided as their confidence with this task improved. Not only can they ride the metro, some have learned to use a bidet, to negotiate a good price on a fake Rolex, find their around a foreign city quite well, improvise understanding with body gestures, shop at Gucci, fend off street hawkers, and of course appreciate good French and Italian food.
Today was a doozy. We left Florence early this morning, and arrived to Rome just in time for a quick lunch. Then, the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica! It is hard to put the experience into words, but it was pretty incredible.
One of Michaelangelo's masterpieces:
Checking out a dead pope:
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