#5 The Vatican

Well, here it is. This is the last installment of David van Sunder's Rome: The Vatican. Here's the view of the Vatican from Castel San Angelo. This was an amazing place for several reasons. First of all, it houses so many amazing pieces of artwork that I could hardly believe it. Of course, among those pieces of artwork are the (already posted) Pieta and the Sistine Chapel. Secondly, it's the head of the Catholic Church. Third and slightly combined with the second reason, it is only .44 square km. That's 108.7 acres. Here's a bit of perspective for you. Fremont, CA is 225.6 square km. Okay now you know that it is small. To really put it into perspective, Santa Clara University is .4 square km or 104 acres. They're almost the same size! SCU seems to still be growing also as they buy up surrounding land to expand. One day it might be bigger than the Vatican. To have all the importance in the world that the Vatican has while being as small as it is, is stunning. AT&T update: AT&T came back today. Guess what? They couldn't finish it. Why? There was nobody in the central office to switch it on. What does that mean? They're coming back on Monday. I guess I'll be without an internet connection here at home for quite a while. Comcast will end on Monday. I'm not sure at what time though. Well, when I go to the clinic I'll be able to use the internet. When I'm not there I guess I might be able to go to Ket's Cafe at the Fremont Hub. They don't charge for their wireless internet. Oh well, I'd been getting pretty regular at blogging, too. Expect it to get a little more sporadic after Sunday. If I can, I'll post a blog every day. If I can't though, I'll make it up on other days.