The second day of the second week of classes got off to a strange start! Just as we were ready for a trip to the great Vatican City bright and early at 9:00am all of us received the unfortunate news that Lisa was too sick to proceed as usual. We would meet at the Portone at 12:30pm. Many of us studied hard in the library to make the most of the spare time. We had just enough time to grab some panini before our departure!
Thankfully Lisa wasn’t too sick and appeared more or less fine when we met her outside. Everyone had their tickets so it was time to head out. It was a very hot and uncomfortable ride on the bus to the walls of the Vatican City State, but once we stepped inside the door of the cooler museum our spirits rose.
It was incredible to see so much gorgeous and moving art in one place! Lisa kept us informed with lots of interesting information about everything we were seeing as we staring unwittingly at the wonder before us.
Indeed, after walking past so much classical majesty it was a bit of a shock to arrive at a modern art gallery in the middle of the Vatican museum. The overall theme of the exhibition was Christian of course, but with wholly different colors and approaches than most of the work we had been around just a minute earlier. It was interesting to see how painters and sculptors today still conveyed the same message as their predecessors hundreds of years ago through such radically different means.
As we stood along the curb waiting for the bus home to arrive we were exhausted and sweaty, but grateful for the experience we had.
After the long day it was time for some quiet work and dinner at home. All in all it was another beautiful week in Rome for all of us!
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