The Vatican. When I originally was super excited about going to the Vatican, i don’t think I realized it was another museum of some kind.
This morning we left for the Vatican early, around 8 since it opened around 9 and we knew we would have to wait in line. The line wasn’t too bad, although we had people non-stop asking us if we wanted to take tours, or skip the line or buy something or another so I think it made it feel like we were in line longer. When we finally got inside, I realized how big it actually is. (Even though I feel like I made it through the entire thing, I don’t think I did.) We walked through it as a group for the first little bit till I got lost. (I still can’t believe I got lost) Sadly we hadn’t even made it to the Sistine Chapel when I somehow wondered away from the group. So I ended up touring the entire Vatican alone, which wasn’t too bad because I did everything at my own pace. I walked through a room with tapestries, and one of them had eyes that actually seemed to follow you through the room where ever you looked, and another room had the ceiling painted as if it were actually carved. In both of these two rooms I probably sat 15 minutes hoping I would run into someone from my group, but no such luck.
The Sistine Chapel is amazing. There were so many people in it today that it was hard to move through. I somehow found a seat in the corner by the door so that I could just look up for a while and not worry about falling over. I know it is probably not the best thing, sense they did have signs on the door asking for no pictures, but I took a few pictures of things I actually recognized. But all in all, the entire thing is beautiful. This time I had no problem sitting inside there waiting to see if I ran into someone in my group because I just took that time as I could look around longer.
After about 6 hours of the Vatican (alone) I decided to go over to St. Peter’s Basilica. I sat in the square just looking around for quite some time because I was just so big, and it reminded me of how I had seen this exact place in movies and it really was no different. The line for going into the Basilica kept going back and forth from long to short, and I kept seeing people be turned away for their attire. Fortunately today I wore my longest skort as well as a more modest shirt, because they were sending people away for having too much skin showing. When I was inside, I took pictures of everything. The carvings and statues in here were I think the best I have seen. I walked by one of the workers and they asked if I came alone because I didn’t seem to be just looking at the building but also at the people, so when I told him that I came with a group but was separated, he told me to go into the prayer area and just pray I find them; so to please him I did, and somehow, about 15 minutes later, I found everyone in my group. I’m telling you… It was luck!!!
~Perso Italia~
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