Notable Quotables

- "The Vatican police can't do anything if you get to Italy, so you should have run across the border holding up the Host going, 'NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA.' " - Sister Terri, on Carlyn's near escape from her voodoo being discovered by Vatican security.

-Full story on that minor occurence I keep mentioning. The lovely Carlyn is not Catholic (probably why she refused that guy for his offer of a date inside the Basilica), but decided to go experience mass in the Vatican, probably because she thought she might get a ride in the Popemobile. For someone in Carlyn's situation in America, the proper thing to do when processing up to communion is cross your arms to indicate that you will not receive the Eucharist but would like a blessing from the priest. Well, Italian priests don't seem to understand that, and they really, really want to give Carlyn the Eucharist, and they really, really don't speak enough English to sort this out, and there's really, really a room exploding with people waiting to get the Eucharist. So Carlyn said "grazie" and took the Eucharist, as polite, confused, and non-voodoo-y as could be, but walked away without eating it, since she's not supposed to. But then the Jesus Po-Po came and shut down her following-religious-rules-party. After being yelled and flapped at in rapid Italian for a long enough time, Carlyn went ahead and ate the ba-Jesus out of that Eucharist. Afterwards, Sister Terri explained that the Vatican police have ot be on the lookout for devil worshippers, magicians, etc. who try to take the host to perform black magic on it (I'm trying to google how often this happens, but no success so far). Then she made the above suggestion for how Carlyn should have dealt with this display of Vativan open-mindedness.

- "Oh, but no." -Carlyn, at everything that deserves it.

- "I just had to talk to Jesus." -Carlyn, when eating, on fleeing security, or after her blog fails to post.

- "Look! I found Jesus!" -Kathryn, on seeing a cross in the Coliseo

- "It's so old, guys! But seriously." -Antonia, on the Coliseo

- ""I think Johnny Depp is the CUTEST thing." - Sister Terri "You mean, besides me." - Dr. Sebastian

- "Once we get past the cupola, you can strip down." - Sister Terri, on Il Vaticano dress code

- "It gets hot as hell but then I have to put my pants on." -Dr. Sebastian, on convertible pants.

- "I got kicked out of Buddig." -Jeff. "Dude, I forgot about that!" -Chris. "I came right back. There was a welcome party." -Jeff

- "Hey guys! I was just wondering if y'all were done with the kitchen because Antonia and I wanted to OOH COOKIES." - Kylee

- "Hey guys, have you seen ... ?" -Antonia, maintaining friendships across dorm floors without a celll phone.

- "This is famous. Take a picture. I don't remember what the $#&% it's called though." - American at Vittorio Emmanuel, maybe, MAYBE, better for our image than the one walking around in a skirt and belly shirt.

- ""If my water bottle filters holy water, is it still holy? Or is my water bottle lying to me when it says it keeps everything out?" - Dr. Sebastian