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Roaring Rome

When we were at the Rome airport we could not understand anything on the signboards. But I understood because all the words were English with extra alphabets! For example, "St. Petereo", is actually "St. Peter's" with an extra "eo", and for "toilete", it is actually toilet with an extra "e".

The next day, we took a train to the Vatican City ourselves without directions. Their trains were vandalized all over. I hope Singapore will not be like that in the future. In Vatican City, there was a pope which was preserved for 3 centuries. His body had not decomposed.

On Sunday, the first week of Lent, the present pope went for confession and I attended Mass with my family. The next day, I went to St. Paul's Basilica. I saw St. Paul's chopped head there. It had not decomposed; the colour of his face was still there. After that we went to the Coliseum. I thought I saw a human's skull from outside the gates.

After all that, we had to go to Paris. I had a lot of fun in Rome, but I was looking forward to buying toys in Paris.

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