Today was our first day in Rome! It was pretty crazy since we flew over night, hardly slept and then started our touring at 9am or so.

First stop, St. Peter’s church. Once inside we did a tour (self-guided) of the inside of the church, followed by climbing the steps to the top of the dome (we elevatored the first 250 steps and then climbed over 300 to the top) and lastly visited the tombs in the basement and prayed by the burial site of Pope John Paul II.

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