after a pretty rough yesterday morning, i was able to take a nap, get some food in me (it is AMAZING how much good some grub can do me!), and headed back out into roma. i had fewer expectations and was rewarded with some suprises and more peace. i enjoyed the majority of my afternoon and was able to just hang out some, which i needed.
today i did decide to go back to the vatican, which was pretty darn amazing. i had no idea how big the vatican museums were, but they were HUGE. and the sistine chapel was less chapel-like than i expected... more like a big open room with lots of paintings. but beautiful, nonetheless. i think the part i liked the best was that the bottom 1/3 of the walls were paintings of tapestries! like it looked like big, beautiful bedspreads were hung on the walls. and it was painted to look like that! they did a pretty good job... making folds and shadows where you would expect them. pretty cool. and funny to me!
so now i leave for napoli. in the next few days: pompeii (like BG! only REAL!), herculaneum, hiking mt vesuvius (if i have the energy, hopefully at least the rim of the volcano), the bus to the amalfi coast (positano, sorrento, amalfi...) and perhaps even a trip over to the isle of capri. but most of all, PIZZA! the birthplace of it all. yum!!
thanks again for your prayers. i am so thankful to have friends and family like you all. and thanks for your emails (dad, mom, chelle, kpc folk...)
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I am so glad you are feeling better! I got to meet Tamara & Matt Olive last night, they were great (opening their home for 18-30 small group)! Tamara mentioned what a blessing it was to have you there when she went to Turkey. We liked talking about how brave and adventurous you are:)
I am so glad you got to see the vatican after all. Thank you for posting so often - it makes my day!
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