On Sunday, everyone returned from midterm break, which means that we are a little more than half way through our time in Italy. For midterm break we had girls go to Germany, England, France, Ireland, Austria, and more!
Students in Prague for midterm break
This week we visited the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with our wonderful guide, Magdalena. Unfortunately, the weather hasn’t been too cooperative and we’ve had a lot of rain lately, so that makes our tours a little more challenging. This was our final trip to Vatican City as we’ve already visited St. Peter’s Basilica and explored the tombs within the basilica, as well. Being able to explore Vatican City as extensively as we have has been incredible! Thanks to our program, we’ve had wonderful tour guides who have been extremely thorough and informative. For example, did you know that there are no paintings inside of St. Peter’s Basilica? All of the artwork within the basilica is mosaics and they’re all breathtaking. If you look closely, you can see all of the individual tile…
Mosaic in St. Peter’s
As students who are interested in art, Vatican City has been very informative and eye opening for us. From the construction of the basilica, the interior mosaics, the columns surrounding St. Peter’s square, and the immaculately detailed altarpiece, Vatican City has an element that each one of the students in our group loved. Personally, the baldacchino was my favorite part!
St. Peter’s Baldacchino
All of the field trips that we’ve taken have been excellent, but our time in Vatican City has definitely been a standout!
Ciao!
-Stephanie Pappas