I started this blog with the thinking that I wasn't going to do a big series of posts on our trip to Italy, but that I just wanted to post a few of my favorites from the entire trip.  Then I started going through pictures and by the time I got through the first day and a half of Rome I decided that was enough pictures for one post. Maybe I'll post more later of the other 8 days, maybe not. . . no promises here.  But this is what I loved in Rome.

These tapestries were amazing!  I especially loved this one of the birth of Christ. 

The Vatican had so much art! It was a little overwhelming. I think if you tried to study and/or figure out what each scene was you'd be there for years. 

This is a shot of St. Peters from the Vatican. 

This statue of Mary holding the cruxified Christ was inside of St. Peter's.  I was really moved as I contemplated Mary's sacrifice.  I'm not sure I could do it.  And how could Michelangelo be mature enough to understand their relationship in his 20s?

Ponte Vecchio Bridge

I really loved the windows with cute flowers and vines all over them.  

I'd pick the one on the left any day!

One of my favorite things about travel is how much you learn without even trying.  It changes the way you think about the world and people in it.  Gives you so much more perspective.  I find myself going around all day thinking about the Gospel and how all of  what I'm seeing fits in.  I am so lucky and thankful that I got to go on this trip.  Hopefully I'll share a "few" more favorites at another time. . .