• Europe,  Italy

    Easter in Italy: Spending Holy Week at the Vatican

    Holy Week in Italy Easter had me reminiscing about one of my most memorable religious experiences, Palm Sunday at the Vatican.  In 2011 three childhood friends and I set off to Italy and our vacation happened to fall around holy week, Settimana Santa.  Our two-week trip started in Rome then went on to Cinque Terre, Florence and ended in Venice. In Rome we stayed in a small apartment (lovingly nicknamed The Rabbit Hole) in the Piazza della Rotonda, right next to the Pantheon.  We had plans to go to the Vatican twice, once to take a tour of the city and then a second time just to attend Palm Sunday…