Today was the big Vatican day. We woke up bright and early and stood in line with everybody else in the world to get inside the museum. What an incredible place! We had to skip so much on the guided tour for time's sake that I need to go back to the beginning to fully appreciate all of the pieces in their Ancient collection. About 3/4 of the way through I was on people overload, with everyone cramming their way to the same place. It was somewhat relieving to have ditched the group and go off and do my own thing.
St. Peter's Basilica was way better than I remember it. Unlike most of the basilicas of the world which have every square inch decorated in paintings, St. Peter's was relatively plain. It may just be that it is so big that an attempt to decorate every part of it would be exhausting. We also got to go into the crypt where some of the popes are entombed, another morbid but awesome moment.
The highlight of the day has to be the purchase of our souvenir bottle openers. These were decorated with the head of the current pope in the form of a gold plated coin. We call them... "popeners" LOL :D.
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HA! That's great! Your Auntie Cindy has a popener too. :) Of course she does.
ReplyDeletebottle openers...awesome! thats crazy that it was that crowded. wow
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