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Vatican City Slideshow
Vatican City
Travel Blogs from Vatican City, Italy
Mid night mass at the Vatican
... from the alter because we were on the right side of the alter, but they did show him on some big screen TVs stationed throughout the Vatican. At least we were in the inside. It was raining that night. It was a good thing we went as a part of a tour ...
These Catholics are CRAZY
Saw the Pope... and about 40,000 screaming catholics... COME ON PEOPLE HE AIN'T BONO! oh wait, he wasn't. Anyway, nice museums, lots of mummies... crazy art and removed penises! What is with these ...
The Vatican
... headed back out into the streets surrounding the Vatican. We stopped and got drinks and lunch, then bought a few postcards and Vatican City stamps and sat down to write some postcards. After mailing our postcards, we went back to the hotel ...
Rome Part II
... my bags at the hostel after checkout, and my train to Milan doesn't arrive until after 11pm. I then made my way to the Vatican city for my first tour of the day; St Peter's, Cistine Chapel and the Vatican museum. The museum itself is 7kms long, and ...
The Pope
On this day we ventured to the Vatican...little did we know we would be watching the Pope give a speech in multiple languages from his ...
The Vatican
... weather was good. The line for St Peters was about 15 minutes, and I spent about an hour or so there. Then I went to the Vatican Museum, where there was no line. Christmas is apparently a great time to go to Rome, except the sun sets so early. I ...
and then there were five
... . So ornate and so amazing, it really shows how loaded the Catholic church is! We left there and walked through the Vatican city to the Vatican museum and the Sistine chapel. While we were inside the museum, we met up with Mike, another traveler who was ...
Tour of The Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Death March
... departing tomorrow but with no plan ahead of us and not even knowing if the trains were running (26th Dec is considered a bank holiday in Italy) we made the decision to stay an extra day and use tomorrow to rest up and get a lot of much needed blog catch ...
Dec 26, 2010
my life in the Vatican
... , I'm not exaggerating), but it was a dangerous mess in the Roman heat. Bacio, pistacchio, e chocolate chip. Mmmmmmmmm. Tomorrow: the Vatican museums in the morning, and a tour of Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto in the evening. Ciao ciao ...
Rome
... was amazing again. It took us at least an hour and half to get into the chapel from the entrance of the Vatican City museum. The museum was filled with a lot of great statues and endless artwork. Michaelangelo was asked to paint the ...
The Pope has great tastes in art, apparently...
... looking at everything" and that "the art is really cool". These are understatements. Seriously. First off, when you're going to the Vatican, these stupid American expatriots will try to hassel you into a tour group, and they'll try to cut you a "good ...
Vatican City and more Rome Sightseeing
St. Peter's Basilica first thing in the morning - before the ...
Vaticano
Visita al Vaticano, incluyendo el museo del Vaticano, la plaza de San Pedro y la basílica de San ...
And they STILL won't stamp my passport!
... . We didn't want to compete with ALL of the tourists in Rome, just some of them, so we opted to Visit Vatican City today. The Vatican is a HUGE complex, even though it is the smallest country in the world. We planned an entire day to see it properly, and ...
Dehydrated in the Sistine Chapel
... can see many better images of these sights than I could produce. (For example, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling Below are the only photos I had ...
The Arms of Vatican City
... of the artwork so it's understandable and I respect that but I still wish I could have a piece to remember it by. Off to Vatican City and I am well dressed for St. Peters Basilica. Covered from head to toe, they cant deny me entrance! The line was ...
