Visit to the Vatican Museums

While my family and I were in Rome, Italy, we were able to visit the Vatican Museums one morning. The tour we had arranged even included a breakfast beforehand. The walkway around this giant metallic globe was actually the rooftop of one of the buildings of the Vatican Museums. This area is the same location…

Visit to St. John Lateran

The St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome is dedicated to John the Baptist as well as John the Evangelist and is one of the four Papal Basilicas. The others are St. Peter's, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major. John Lateran was once the palace of Emperor Constantine (who made Christianity a true religion…