Day of Spirituality + Spirits

Holy jesus what a time I am having here. Today was another excellent day in my new favorite city. It was quite the mix of spirituality and spirits. By spirituality I am meaning that we went on a tour to the Vatican to Saint Peter's Basilica and then to the Castel Sant'Angelo. And by spirits I am meaning a variety of alcoholic beverages I consumed at various apartments and at Studio 18, my first "clubbing" experience. Both activities were spectacular each in their own ways.

The Vatican was one of the most fascinating places I have ever been to. The sheer size and scale of the architecture and ornamentation alone is amazing, and there is definitely nothing else like this in the world. I couldn't help but question my own beliefs in thinking "there must be a reason they went through building all this, right?" I definitely want to come back to St. Peter's square often; it is so dream-like and a pleasure on the eyes.

One of the Swiss guards, I think they belong in Candy Land:

View of St. Peter's Square and an excellent candid shot of Mr. Jeremy Wood:

After the St. Peter's tour, we walked over to the Castel Sant'Angelo, a nearly 2000 year old fortress converted to a palace for the pope. This place was equally amazing to St. Peter's; hopefully it will be the first of many castles I will get to see while I am in Europe. At the top we got a breathtaking 360 degree view of the city which was amazing. It was awesome to finally get our bearings on seeing exactly where we were because Rome is such an expansive city. Hopefully these pictures will do it some justice but I doubt they can show just how massive this place really is.

The group: Vince, Taylor, Me and Kaitlyn.

Once we got home we cooked dinner and drank before going out. I am already loving this opportunity to cook and our food has been pretty good so far. Luckily Jeremy is an experienced cook so he has been able to help us figure out what and how to cook. Before dinner I ran over to the local supermarket to pick up some alcohol. We bought an absolutely massive bottle of red wine (5 Liters?!) for only 8 euro which is something I still can't get my head around. After our little beer and wine pregame we walked over to some girls' apartments near the vatican. Here we drank more before heading over to the Campo for this club promotion we had heard about earlier.

At Studio 18 we got a great deal. For 10 Euro we got all-you-can-drink access for one hour. I am proud of myself for not over-indulging because clearly others (like my roommates) did. Overall it was a pretty cool club; I'll definitely want to come back. So yeah, that was a fantastic day filled with spirituality and spirits. Can't wait to do it all again...today?