Thursday, July 19, 2007

Day1

Well, because I know you are all sitting around anxiously waiting for me to post pictures, and because dinner is not until 8:30 and I need to relax a bit, I have pictures!! From the airplane- Beginning of the sunrise
Mountains:
We met everyone, came to our hotel, went for a late lunch, and then we went across the city to ride a Pittsburgh-ish incline (only much taller and scarier) to the top of Cerro San Cristobal (St. Christopher Hill). At the top of this 800m hill they have a giant statue of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, watching over the city.
The view up there was absolutely incredible! You could see mountains in every direction. And the sun was starting to set (at 5:30pm- its definitely winter! cold too!) Then we rode on some gondolas and it was absolutely incredible.
Of all the things I saw in Rome and everything, this has to be the most incredible thing I have ever seen in my entire life:

8 comments:

Diane said...

Glad you made it! The pictures are awesome.

Anonymous said...

These are awesome, great, fantastic pictures!

Anonymous said...

those pics are gorgeous!!! hope you're adjusting well!

Anonymous said...

above post from Melanie L... i forgot this wouldn't have my name on it... :)

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!!! Awesome pictures. I believe that Grandpa would approve of the sky-blue-pink pictures.

Katie said...

P.S. If you click on the pictures you can see them bigger.

Anonymous said...

wow katie these are as beautiful as u said. i wish i could see it in person!!!!

Anonymous said...

oh wow katie, I'm in love with the last 2 pictures! hope you're having fun!!