Day 3 - January 1st, 2007

Today is New Year's Day in Rome. For most of the morning, we toured places such as St. John Lateran and went to the steps they say Jesus walked on. It was really moving to see people going up the stairs one by one on their knees, praying. ù

The Cathedral of St John Lateran was amazing. Mass was going on as we entered and that only enhanced its majesty. With the singing of the choir and the breath-taking art, I was almost moved to tears.

We went down by the Colliseum, which was awe inspiring. It was very neat to see the place that I have heard so much about. Seeing it made it all more real that people had actually done everything we read about.

After the tour, we went off on our own and made our way back towards the hotel, it was an an hour's walk. We stopped along the way and did a little gift shopping. St. Peter's is really close, so after we grabbed a bit to eat, we went to the square and looked around. It made us very excited to go inside. Tonight we have dinner at a nearby restaurant, which should be fun.
(Samarah)