7am alarm clock ring for a jog in new track pants and Nikes. The waking Tiber, dark and ominous, churns in the morning sleet. The usual bland breakfast tastes delicious even as Michelangelo draws us to Vatican City. Always the money whoring organization, we're charged 8Euros each to view the religious relics of the Renaissance, namely the Sisteen Chapel. Nonetheless as the light streams in, the masterpiece does justice to it's own reputation despite my misgivings of Michelangelo's approval of admission fees. As the days finally approach winter in late January, our afternoon is pardoned of much work and is replaced by a night of Snatch..."those sneaky Russians!!"