In which it is my b-day

We went to see the basilica of St. Paul. It was really beautiful and there was a portraits of each pope on the walls. Almost all of them were painted but I'm pretty sure the portrait of pope Francis was a photo. I think that makes sense because they can put up a photo really soon after he was elected whereas painting it would take months. Then we took a bus to St. Peter's. It was crazy crowded, the line was probably 1/4 mile long. We went to get gelato instead. We'll come back to the church a different day. I got three flavors of gelato, I got lemon, raspberry, and this ice cream that tasted like almond and sugar. It ended up being really good even though you probably wouldn't think that combination would work. Then we walked to a bakery and I let Charlotte pick out our birthday cake because I figured it was more important to her to get to choose. She chose a strawberry orange cake which was delicious. We had ravioli for diner and it was the best I've ever had. I picked out this clementine flavored soda to drink and I got a cookbook in French that has tons of pictures to explain what to do and it will make it easier for me to understand. That's about all that happend yesterday.