Easter Weekend

So for Easter Break just staying in Rome, which has been a nice break from traveling. For the most part I've just been relaxing. I've had some friends in from Madrid, mainly Kate Buckley and her friends as well as Cameron Harding, so I played tour guide most of the day Friday, then I got dinner with Jim and his parents and then headed to Stations Of The Cross at the Colosseum with the Pope. That was cool, but I hated the huge crowd, so I left in the middle. Then Saturday just kind of bummed around all day, went to Hard Rock Cafe with Andrew, Will, and Aaron for dinner, then just went back because I was tired (and the Cardinals' game was on, but naturally that didn't affect my decision...). Then today, Sunday, I woke up at 6, walked down to the Vatican at 7 for Mass at 10:15 with the Pope which was awesome, and I was only 8 rows back!  All of St. Peter's Square was packed with people, and I had a chair 8 rows back. You can't beat that. There was an awesome choir and band, the Pope blessed everyone and said Happy Easter in 50 languages, and it was a great experience. Not sure what the rest of the weekend holds, but we're talking about dinner tonight in the Jewish ghetto, then I'll probably do homework and relax tomorrow! Hope everyone has a great Easter. Less than a month until I'm back in the States. That's weird. I will miss Roma! Buona Pasqua e buongiorno!