Heather and I at the Vatican

Rome, Day 2 / Vatican City

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May 25th 2006
Like I said before. We headed down to the Vatican today with our new friends Jon and Steph. Jon was one of the 100000 Canadians we met on this trip. They are taking over the continent. Steph is a girl from North California. They were nice to walk around with for the day, so we invited them along. First we headed to the Vatican at about 10:30 am, and man was it beautiful. The Vatican was breathtaki ... read more

Europe » Vatican City

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Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more