A Note from Dessi

Today we went to see the Pope in Vatican City and also to the Sistine Chapel. The Pope also gave a shout out to St. Marks School, and we stood up and shouted. The Sistine Chapel was overwhelming with all the pictures on the ceiling looking over you almost as if they were about to fall down onto the floor. It was quite enormous as well with swarms of people coming in and out. There was also a huge crowd at the Papal audience. We also saw St. Peter's Basilica, which is the biggest church in the universe. It also had many statues and paintings all around it, as well as being laid out in the shape of a cross with a gigantic high altar.