Saturday, November 1, 2008



This is the whole crew on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Along with our family is another branch of the family tree, Gary & Carmen Forrester, their daughter Katie, and nephew Josh. They joined us in Geneva, Switzerland where we caught the overnight train to Rome (which, in itself, is a whole 'nother story!). We were having dinner at an outside cafe when I overheard a lady at the next table speaking my favorite language, SOUTHERN! I "tuned in" and overheard her say that the Pope would be saying the rosary in about an hour on the Square. We were just around the corner from there so we all decided to go see. Not being Catholic, or Italian, we had no idea what to expect. After about two hours, the Pope did come out and speak. They gave everyone lighted candles; it was a sight to see. To this day, Trey can recite the rosary in Italian because they repeated it so many times!

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