We started off the day by getting picked up from the lobby by our tour guide. It was a riding and walking tour which was nice. We walked around the streets and saw a few landmarks. Our first stop was the Trevi Fountain which is the largest in Rome.
We passed a few obelisks and government buildings before stopping at the Pantheon. We got to go inside and walk around, Raphael's tomb is there. The dome is apparently the largest in Rome.
After a few more government buildings, we bused over to the Vatican. Being a Wednesday and nice outside, the pope was addressing the crowd in St. Peter's square! I took a picture but we were kinda far back. He addressed the crowd in Italian, English, German and Spanish... Pretty neat.
Because of the activity in the square we couldn't enter St. Peter's Basilica for a few hours so we headed over to the Vatican museums. We spent a good amount of time checking out the statues, paintings, maps, and tapestries before walking into the Sistine Chapel. The paintings were surprisingly very crisp and colorful due to the restorations. We ate a quick lunch, our first of the trip, and headed back to the Basilica. The line wrapped around the square, but only took us about twenty minutes to get in. It was amazing for sure. We got plenty of pictures as it was one of the few churches that allowed them. We decided against walking up the 330 steps to the top.
By staying in the Vatican we had to forfeit the tour bus ride back into town so we experimented with the metro. We took the line straight to the Colosseum. We were a little surprised the "Classic Rome Tour" did not include this, but oh well... We walked around inside for a while and walked around the ruins located nearby. As you can see from the picture, it was a beautiful day out...
We did a search on Tripadvisor to find our restaurant of the night, Babbo's. It was a nice italian restaurant, Lindsay got what I got the night before, pasta and lobster, and I got one last pizza. The pizza was good, but not as good as in Venice. Tasted just like Cinelli's.
Location:Somewhere in Rome
Nice pictures! The fountain is the one in the movie---three coins and a fountain.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the weather has been so nice---did you take the coliseum picture with your phone?
Can't wait to hear what you thought about the Sistine Chapel.
That's funny, our tour guide told us to go throw a coin over our shoulder into the fountain for luck or something... We didn't though.
ReplyDeleteYes that picture is from my phone. I took a lot more with the other camera.
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