Despite arriving nearly an hour before it opened, we were dismayed to be sent to join a queue that stretched down the road for a few hundred metres. Or so we thought. When we reached the corner we realized that the queue was actually much longer than that, stretching on past the next corner as well. So we just joined the queue at the first corner. Terrible I know.
Once the gates opened it didn't take all that long to get in and then we were able to take our time making our way through the Vatican Museum to the Sistine Chapel. It was all very wonderous. There was room after room after hallway after room filled with ornatly painted ceilings and walls which, all together, made up the apartments that the Popes used to live in.
After this we made our way round to St Peter's Basilica where we joined another queue to get inside. This one moved slower and had us standing in the full sun, fortunately it wasn't as long as the queue to get into the Vatican. But damn it was hot!
Once inside the Cathedral, I have to say, we were a little disappointed. Neither of us having been in there before (Kel didn't actually go inside last time she was here), perhaps our expectations were too high? You couldn't fault the workmanship, everything was very well executed. It's just that there was so MUCH. The walls, ceilings, floors etc seemed cluttered with decoration and art work. We definately prefered our little find closer to the hotel (mentioned previously).
Next we headed down the road to St. Angelo's Castle. This is the castle where Hadrian's ahses were origionally kept. Apart from having lots of stairs, and a big spiral ramp, the castle had rooms full of tapestries and painted frescoes on the ceilings and walls, and of course the battlements with cannons, which any self respecting castle should have.
And now we're back up to date.
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