You know that roooooome, is gonna be mine!

so, finally, i'm getting this last day in rome done! i am so slow at this. anyway, on that last day (it was a sunday) we get up for my last day of meat and cheese breakfast. so sad! we decided to head back to the vatican that morning since we didn't get a chance to go it the last time we were there.

walking there, great view!

there was a race going on in part of the city we had to walk through! it made me feel like i was home!

i really wanted to go up in st. peter's dome because it is supposed to be the best view of the city, but since we were totally thrown off on our days and didn't realize it was sunday, it was closed. boooooo.

a kiss made me feel better

instead, we just went inside the cathedral place. it was really pretty, but a little smelly. maybe all the people.....? i don't know, but what i DO know is that is was crowded!
yeah, only one picture. can you tell i was tired of lugging a camera around and taking pictures? sorry blog readers! i just wasn't feelin' it. but the good thing is that you know what it looks like! ha!! i LOVED the guards' outfits!!!!
anyway, we come out and there is a HUGE ENORMOUS crowd outside. at first, we had no clue what was going on but then we realized - duh!- it's sunday and it must be a service. there was an old, scratchy, warbly voice coming over a loud speaker singing (?) in latin. everyone seemed to be looking up at something, so we followed the eyes and lo and behold- the pope was hanging out in the window singing!!!

banner is hanging below the window where the pope is

after we left the vatican, i was starving so we headed to find a bite to eat. i had some delicious pasta (as usual!) and wine (again, as usual!). i hadn't seen the pantheon, so we decided to head that way. by this time, i was just absolutely exhausted for some reason and was totally needing a nap so i put lp in charge of the pics.

we stayed for about 10 minutes and i was a little too overwhelmed with the people to stay so we went back to our hotel and i took another nap. when i got up, it was time for dinner- hooray! we went a little place by our hotel and then took one last look at the trevi fountain before heading to bed early. lp's flight was super early (we had to leave at 4!!) and since he got his cab paid for by his work, i rode with him. it was a super trip and i had so much fun!! can't wait to get back to italy sometime!