ROME: Vatican on Easter Sunday & Vatican Museum

YES IT IS TRUE. I, Lauren Sapp, attended Mass....in Rome....On Easter Sunday.....at the Vatican....with The Pope. I truly had a once in a lifetime experience! The Mass was absolutely beautiful! We actually just planned on getting there early and hoping for the best. But when we discovered that we got there early enough to get seats, we were so excited! The Mass lasted about 3 hours and we stayed for the whole thing. It started pouring rain for about 2 hours of the Mass...and we still stayed strong. The whole ceremony was awesome. I didn't understand any of it because it was in Latin/Italian. But just to be in that place and on that day is something I'll remember forever! "Viva Papa!" - This is what all the Italians were shouting throughout the Mass. :)





CAN YOU SEE ME??? ;)


VATICAN MUSEUM: We went to the Vatican Museum on our last morning in Rome. The museum is so huge! We had to sort of rush through it so we wouldn't miss our flight and we were still in it for over 2 hours. The art and sculptures that the museum housed were out of this world. Every ceiling, every wall was covered with beautiful paintings. The Sistine Chapel, which is The Pope's personal chapel and the place where a new Pope is appointed when one dies (You know the whole white smoke thing?), was gorgeous! Well we weren't allowed to take pictures in the chapel but I snuck a few. Overall, the Vatican is just an awesome place that I would gladly visit again!







INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL