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Pope's House
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Apr 12, 2007

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Vatican City
Apr 16, 2005 (4 photos)

... , symbols and embloms everywhere. We walked to the top of the church [ steep winding staircase, small coridors] to the outside to get a view of the Vatican- awesome. As we got to the top an Asian lady said she could see the eiffel tower, god luv her!!

Indescrible, really, it was!!
Aug 5, 2009

... crew at the hotel.  Pilots and stewardesses every where. We rush to the METRO because we hear the crowds are unsightly at the Vatican. We arrive at 8 AM and rush the streets towards the "dome".  No line, we rush in, get our backpack checked and ...

Vatican City - Colosseum
May 10, 2009 (3 photos)

Sunday Colosseum and Vatican city Took the shuttle to the train again and caught the train into the piazza and then caught another train to the central station where we got a hop on, hop off open topped tour bus around Rome.  First stop was the ...

Veni, Vidi, Vaticani
Aug 11, 2005

... streets. Firmly esconsed in the mindset of Scrooge McDuck as I am, the metro was out of the question, so I was walking to the Vatican City. This ended up taking an hour, which was pretty much what I had anticipated. St. Peter's Square is vast. It's hard ...

Seeing what the Holy See Sees
Aug 25, 2007

Dear Faithful Readers! Today we took our pilgrimage to the Vatican. It was a very HOT Journey... My face is feeling a bit crispy despite the sunscreen but alas I have fulfilled my Catholic duty in Rome. We started our journey at the wee hour of 6: ...

Venturing to the Vatican
Aug 25, 2007

... grueling tests of intelligence and martial arts, be good looking, and remain celibate as all other residents of the Vatican City do) without incident and entered the basilica. The basilica was undoubtedly beautiful and amazing like many of the churches we ...

What can i say? Vatican city!
Jul 13, 2009 (14 photos)

Wow!  I thought I had seen some very awe inspiring sites on this trip and then went to the Vatican..  How do you describe it?   Imagine an amount of money beyond comprehension put towards the most elaborate art in the world, the largest ...

Vacating to the Vatican
Mar 13, 2002 (28 photos)

So I guess it is going to be religious Rome today. The smallest independent Sovereign State is Vatican city with 200 inhabitants. Cory was raised Catholic. I figured with his background he could teach me a lot about what we were about to see in the ...

.Finally Home.
Jun 7, 2005 (5 photos)

... We've had quite a busy day, and its only 3pm! This morning we woke up around 630am, and took the metro immediately into the Vatican City. We wanted to avoid most of the crowds, and get there early in order to see the sights without much trouble..Our plan ...

holy moly
May 6, 2006

... photo was crossed off my list as having actually visited. Possibly the most amusing spectacle of Italy: the jester-like-uniformed Vatican security guards trying to get people to move out of the "no people zone" while they were taking pictures of and ...

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Jul 5, 2009 (5 photos)

... July 5                Today we visited the great harlot. Vatican City is the domicile of what is probably the greatest concentration of child molesters in the world; priests who are "re- ...

Is the Pope Catholic?
Jul 5, 2007 (11 photos)

... was very good.   After dinner we called it a night so we could get ready for our big day at the Vatican. Vatican City was amazing.  The two big tourist attractions, St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel were both awesome.  We ...

Vatican Museums (and the Sistine Chapel)
May 23, 2007 (59 photos)

Vatican museums

Seeing what the Holy See Sees
Aug 25, 2007 (4 photos)

Dear Faithful Readers! Today we took our pilgrimage to the Vatican. It was a very HOT Journey... My face is feeling a bit crispy despite the sunscreen but alas I have fulfilled my Catholic duty in Rome. We started our journey at the wee hour of 6: ...

Vatican City
Jul 20, 2007 (6 photos)

... still neat to see. I think I understand now why the Reformation happened a little more now after seeing how extravagant the entire Vatican is. Our tour finally ended about 4 hours after we started. We then went into the main square where all the people ...

Holy Roman Vacation (Rome part 2)
Jun 4, 2008 (30 photos)

Through the bustling modern streets of Rome stands Vatican City, secluded and walled off from the chaos nearby. I had always thought that religous sites were some of the most beautiful, ornate, and overwhelming that the world has to offer. I always knew ...

Jour 16 (bis) : Citta del Vaticano !!
Sep 20, 2008 (4 photos)

Aujourd'hui samedi, nous sommes aussi allés au Vatican ! Nous avons franchi le Tibre devant le Castel Santangelo, et nous avons abouti en moins de deux sur la très grande Place Saint-Pierre ; après quelques photos de circonstances, dont une grande panoramique ...

VATICAN, ST. PETER'S AND WALKING ALL OVER!
Apr 28, 2009 (35 photos)

... statues on the top. We go through a building beside the Basilica, it explains the 1929 agreement to make the Vatican it's own city and country. We read the explanations and see the original documents signed by the Pope and Mussolini. The museum ...

Vatican City
Jun 15, 2007

... reason they don't want you to take pictures, even though they tell you the flash will damage the paint.. crazy italians... After Vatican City, Natalie and I were soooo tired! We had lunch at a little outside cafe, and then decided to walk around for a ...

The Vatican
Jun 26, 2007 (5 photos)

First off, I have to say that I was more than pleasantly surprised to realize somewhere in St. Peter's Basilica today that Vatican City is a sovereign country.  So, Flanders, that makes my total 19 now. My apologies for those of you who have no ...

Vatican
Jul 22, 2006

Home of the Pope.

Pope Mania
Oct 18, 2006

... raging Ratsinger fan, a pope postcard.  She was pleased, but troubled by the lack of respect shown for the postcard by the Vatican Post Office: "I do not think the Pope should just be allowed to travel through the post in that state", she told me, "it ...

The smallest country in the world!
Jul 14, 2004 (3 photos)

13 July 2004 We got up early and go the metro to the Vatican Musuem...costs 13 Euro each..... Plus the audio guides are 6 Euro each (worth it...we got one and shared it) We were lucky the queues were very manageable, so 3 hours was just enough time for ...

The riches of the Vatican
Aug 18, 2006 (48 photos)

... the side and went into the Hall of Tombs, were the popes are buried. It is directly under the church. Then I walked along the Vatican city walls and came to the Vatican Museums, well I came to the line for the museums. 40 minutes later I was at the ...

Day 14 - Vatican City
Sep 8, 2008 (95 photos)

Spend the morning at the Vatican City looking around and got to see St Peter's Cathedral and the Sistine Chapel and saw the painted ceiling.

Reach out and touch... the Pope
Jun 8, 2005 (5 photos)

... the white smoke through the chimney to announce their selection. This was one thing that I enjoyed the most about visiting the Vatican City. After the Museum, we went to a deli across the street... not very smart. We got bent over backwards when the ...

Visited the ol Pope
Jul 15, 2006

Another late wakeup, 11am, and a trip to see the Pope! The Vatican City.. sweet! .. We hit up St Peters Cathedral which was awe inspiring and cruised the tombs of the previous popes. Fed a few pigeons some shitty biscuit thing I had for lunch and had our ...

Our Day at the Vatican
Aug 22, 2007 (12 photos)

We got up early and got ready to go.  We had booked advanced tickets for the Vatican Museum (Rome Museums.com.... check it out if you are interested) and had to be at the meeting point by 8:15am. It was a bit of a hike to get there from our ...