When we picked up our tickets yesterday for the papal audience, they told us to arribe at St Peters at 7:15am. This meant we would have to have another early day, and none of our feet could really take that. So we decided to roll the dice and leave on a later train and hope for the best.
God must have known we were really dog tired as He worked out the plans for us. We got a 8 am bus and made it to St Peters square by 8:45. We were actually in our seats by this time (I assumed we'd lose them and have to stand). Within a half hour the Holy Father was in the pope mobile making the rounds of the crowd!dad got good video of it, I hope you can play it all right.
It's amazing to be in a crowd from all over the world with people you know share your faith. It really touches the heart. Hearing the pope proclaim the days gospel then listening to it in a dozen more languages drives the universality of the church home.the Pope granted his Apostolic blessing to the crowd as he finished and extended it to our families at home. Be assured that I took that seriously and brought to mind all those I love for the graces. What a perfect way to leave Rome and head off to Florence!
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| Arriving at the square |
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| Huge crowds and we got seats! (Thanks JP!) |
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| Peter and Abbie waiting for the blessing |
We took the bullet train from Rome to Florence (it goes 180 miles per hour!). It was really cool, we got there in an hour and a half.
I'll post more about Florence tomorrow, but let me tell you we all LOVE the apartment we rented here! Try to picture an Italian villa in your mind, complete with tall windows (wooden frames of course), tall doors, a courtyard with both roses and honey suckle growing,plus a rooftop terrace, and you'll picture our flat. Abbie and I both gasped with happiness as it was precisely what we both pictured it would be like in Florence! We split up after we unpacked to explore, then met back up for dinner and walked along the Ponte Vecchio.
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| Dining room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Hall/living room |
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| Abbies room |
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| Honeysuckle on the terrace outside our room |
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| Ponte Vecchio with my main squeeze! |
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