Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina) Vatican City

We waited until about noon to get on the metro to Vatican City hoping we'd catch a shorter line during lunch time. That didn't go as well as planned. We waited in line for about 50 mintues which really wasn't bad. The only annoying part were all the morons running around trying to get you to pay to join there tour group. I don't know how many times …

Next, we visit the bustling Capital of Italy. During the reign of the Roman Empire, Rome was the hub of life for all things political, artistic, and religious. As we visit now, we see that it is still a center of life. In order to fully absorb the grand architecture and attractions of Rome, we spend two days here. Luckily, O'Reilly's nonni live …

Rome

We drove around to see the Colosseum and Piazza Venezia. Continue on foot to check out the
Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Honour tradition at the Trevi Fountain and throw a coin in the fountain’s waters (it’s meant to improve your chances of returning to Rome!) or maybe hang out with your new friends at the Spanish Steps …

Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
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Anyway, I celebrated my Birthday this day by visiting the Vatican. We woke up early as we had to collect our tickets at the appropriate time, we had chosen 9.30am so we could go on elsewhere later.
The Vatican Museums were amazing with …

Today Tim and I became one of the flock following an umbrella through a museum. Before I left Australia I booked a guided tour of The Vatican Museums, Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel. I reasoned that as we only had a couple of days and the sistine capel is on my "bucket List' I wanted to make sure I got to see it and i was not sure how busy it …

Day 52 - Venice to Rome
A huge day of travelling from Venice to Rome today, which was a bit more
exciting on the bus as we had a great guide in Marty, who was
obsessed with Rome and the movie Gladiator. He would yell quotes and
played us the movie which was good fun to watch on the way, as we
would be seeing the Colosseum in the …

Our Rome part of the trip didn't start off too well. We had a late flight and when we arrived at our apartment, the person handing over the keys stunk like a brewery and the apartment wasn't exactly up to my mum's standard. In fairness it wasn't that it was a run down apartment, which it was, it was more that it was dirty and the electricity kept …

Ok, Chuck said my previous two days were too long so I apologize. I'll keep it shorter today. Also thanks to Chuck is that he found a way to post pictures so I've gone back and added some for the past 2 days Weather changed from shorts and capris yesterday to long pants and jackets today, but it's still sunny. No sleeping in late for us today. We …

Our guide through Vatican City is Paola. We go through security and begin touring the Museum.In the Octagonal Courtyard, we see the sculpture of the Laocoon group. It shows Laocoon,a Trojan priest who had been warned about the Trojan horse, being punished. Also there is a statue of Apollo. We are allowed to photograph everywhere except the Sistine …

For our first day in Rome, we decided to tackle the Vatican area and the Borghese area. Our first stop Castel Sant Angelo. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrain for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. Next stop was St. Peter's Basilica. We entered the …

... to really look at them all, but im guessing its longer than I had. Aside from the Pope, the highlight of Vatican City is the Sistine Chapel. I had forgotten my glasses so I had to keep stealing Tracey's, she is slightly blinder than me so rarely ...

... the money for our guide. We saw the priceless collection of art, sculpture, and other collectables in the Vatican collection. Then we walked to the Sistine Chapel and my mind was blown. You've all heard about the ceiling but seeing it and hearing the ...

... are so many museum's and art gallaries in europe that they all start looking like mirror images of each other. Inside the sistine chapel amoung 500 other people i swear! It was HUGE! The entire ceiling was covered with michaelangelo's paintings - ...

... still lined up around the corner but as soon as the doors opened everyone made it through pretty quickly. We headed straight for the Sistine Chapel for a look at the fresco ceiling and stared up in awe with the millions of other people. The depth of ...

... Forum We knew we had to hit the Vatican City stuff today hard as we had lost a day, well, kind of. We went to the Sistine Chapel, and there was a line, but this was no ordinary line, it went around the corner, down the hill, around the corner, around ...

... . We made it just in time, dripping with sweat from the 'marathon' we had just ran..   The Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel was absolutely amazing.. Equipped with an audio head set each, the tour guide explained to us the history and ...

... nbsp; We spend 2 hours at the Vatican, but one could have spend days just to learn of all the stories and history.  The Sistine chapel is a work of art itself and was the most beautiful piece of art I have seen so far.  Hard to believe it ...

... Vatican where we spent hours walking through gallery after gallery after gallery. All amazing. Finally we had it to the Sistine Chapel which was incredible. Everyone loves the ceiling as I did but my favourite was actually the last judgement which is ...

... would have been a little strange! We took the long route through the museum rather than following others who beelined for the Sistine chapel, but skipped through some rooms. Raphael's stanzas were of course very impressive. We did manage a couple of non ...

... wall, and "Scenes from Genesis" which is on the ceiling of the chapel. My advice is that if your knowledge on the paintings of the Sistine Chapel is a little rusty, get a guide.  We did and we are so thankful for it.  She explained all of the ...