Day 19, Wednesday June 26

Today was an incredible day.  We started by attending the Vatican Papal Audience which is where the Pope greets all of the visitors speaking in multiple languages.  Afterwords, we spent 4 1/2 hours documenting history in the Vatican museum.  Wow!  What a wonderful experience!  We viewed Egyptian artwork which were excellent examples of sculpture in the round and relief sculpture. Continuing through the museum we marveled at many frescos, tapestries, sculptures made of many different materials, textile art and contemporary drawings and paintings.  When leaving the Vatican museum we walked to the Spanish Steps where we saw 180 marble steps in the shape if a butterfly leading up to a beautiful church.  On our way home we saw the spectacular sculpture of the Trevi water fountain. We were two of the thousands of people who flocked to these monumental works of art today.  We are excited to share what we have learned with our students.  More fabulous  adventures tomorrow...Hint...GLADIATORS!  Ciao!