Vatican City

Saint Peter's Basilica

Sneaked a pic of the Sistine Chapel

Villa Ada

Today started out so good because we got up nice and early to head to the Vatican City. OK...King Julien party people of the world if you are thinking “early” means like 11AM, you are WRONG, we were on our way by 8:30AM sharp! Since we got up so early there wasn't even that long of a lineup to wait in for St. Peters Basillica – one of the most impressive churches in the world. As soon as I walked through the doors I was thrilled to be able to look inside, but instead, the world famous sculptures and ornate decorations were replaced by........flashing lights :((( Migraine time! Even though my family kept asking me if it was ok I kept hoping it would go away and didn't want to ruin their experience so I just kept going on. Thankfully my dad got us VIP tickets to go into the Vatican museum and Sistine Chapel which let us skip the gigantic three-hour line up in the blazing sun which I simply could not have done. The whole story of the Last Judgment is a struggle between heaven and hell and let's just say I was definitely going more through the hell part! I am actually surprised that all the people in the Sistine Chapel didn't think we were filming an episode of the Walking Dead because that is what I looked and felt like. I couldn't even take my sunglasses off!!! From as much as I could see the museum and church seemed like something I would have really enjoyed. I did really love the last room we went into with the Last Judgment because everywhere you looked there was something going on in the paintings. All of the artwork was fascinating and well done and I am still thankful that I got to have this experience .....even with a migraine. As much as I would have liked to party on, the second I got home I crashed and fell asleep on the couch for 4 hours. 

When I woke up it was already past 3PM! Mom made us some amazing tomato soup and we left around 5 o'clock to head out on our next adventure. The taxi took us to this totally isolated and not touristy area of town called Villa Ada. It was a flat hike in the forest that was very lush. We were thinking there was going to be lots of stuff to do there, but none of it had opened yet so all we could do is walk around in this forest for hours, but that is ok because I love to do that. I even took my family on one of my classic routes that I said would get us to the road, but I really had no idea where we were going and we ended up finding what we thought was a gang meeting so we had to backtrack. Dad and I explored a bit further but the trail just kept going on and Tobin was tired and just wanted to go back to the stage area where we were waiting to see Giorgio Moroder. 

Back at the park we found this intriguing area with alot of workout stuff so we went to check it out. I worked out a bit with Tobin and then went and sat on the benches with mum and dad. While we were sitting there this crazy man released his inner spirit animal. He got down on his hands and feet and was running around like a crazy monkey in a circle. It killed me!!! Before the concert started there were a lot of gypsy stalls selling groovy stuff and I got a quality t-shirt that is my new favorite and will be premiered once I get home. The beginning act for the show took us down "Snoozeville Lane". Speaking of Snoozeville did I mention that the DJ that we were going to see is 74 years old??!! He played alot of disco songs from his era but I just grooved along with it in the big crowd. Mom and dad waited from afar but I got Tobin to come up near the front with me and we did a synchronized dance that I made up. After looking for a taxi for quite awhile, we finally made it back to our apartment super late and we just went to bed. Creep it real folks!! - mimirockzzz King Julian