I forgot to add on Sunday on our way to the beach we saw the pyramid of Cestius. I dont know much about it other than it was Cestius' tomb and it was built a few years after Rome conquered Egypt and was very much into Egyptian culture.








Monday, after I got all of my passport stuff done, we went back to the Colloseum and Forum since Steph, Jen, and Jennifer hadn't seen them yet. It was neat because there is so much in the forum that I missed the first time.










Doesnt this look like a postcard!! This is my absolute favorite view of the Vatican. I LOVE IT!












On Wednesday I followed Steph, Jen and Jennifer's class again to a bunch of churches I hadnt seen yet because they were closed when I went. Almost everything in Rome closes from 1-3 in the afternoon. The statue in Piazza Navona is being restored right now, but you could still peak through. It has four men on it that represent the four major rivers in the world at the time. It was really neat, but hard to see all of the imagery because of the construction. This is just one of the rivers.











This is a Carravagio painting inside of San Luigi de Francese. I just accidentally deleted the picture of the inside of the church, and these computers are so slow that I really dont want to upload it again. But the class was visiting all of the Carravagios in Roman churches, which are amazing. This one is of Saint John the Evangelist.













The outside of Sant Augustino.


















This is Saint Monica's tomb, Saint Augustine's mom who was Christian and a big part of his conversion to Christianity. Her relics are in that little green box under the altar.
















Raphael's fresco of Isaiah.



















Carravaggio's Madonna de Pellegrini, Mary receiving pilgrims. It caused a big uproar because of the lowly setting and the dirty state of the pilgrims.

















The inside of Santa Maria del Popolo. Most of the frescos are gone, but the church is still really famous and important because of the artwork in it and the rich and famous romans buried in it









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Carravaggio's Conversion on the Way to Damascus. It
depicts when Saul (St Paul) fell off of his horse and heard the voice of God. Its a really powerful painting.

















Carravaggio's Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Also a very powerful painting.
















McDonald's sold gelato! Crazy!


















On Wednesday Mary Kate and I had tickets for the Borghese Gallery. Its a beautiful museum, second best in Rome next to the Vatican Museums. It was really beautiful, there were a lot of famous Bernini sculptures. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside though...








In front of Bernini's Triton fountain in Piazza Barberini.












Another smaller Bernini fountain with the bees. Bees were a symbol of Bernini's family and you can find them on a lot of his work. Its pretty neat.
















Then we went down to Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Its one of the four Papal basilicas in Rome. It is outside of the city walls because it marks where St Paul was buried, and they didnt bury people in the city. The church is beautiful when you come at it from the front, as opposed to the back and you're confused if you have the right church because it doesnt look as pretty as the picture in the book...just a suggestion.





The inside. It was gigantic. It looked bigger than Saint Peter's, but that could be because it was almost entirely empty.











The tomb of Saint Paul can partially be seen through this gate under the altar.