Our main goal today was to see the Sistene Chapel. It would have helped to do a little research to find out that the Sistene Chapel is not a free-standing monument; no, it's actually inside the Vatican Museum. We braved the subway from our hotel since we'd already realized our hop-on/hop-off bus was not the speediest mode of travel. Following the few signs was easy enough, but we asked and asked and asked and everyone kept pointing us to the museum. So we FINALLY decided to trust them, go in, and as we pay the nice man finally explains that yes...it is part of the museum! Oh well--live and learn! We didn't waste but about 5 minutes, but you'd think with all the research I did for our trip that I would have looked that one up!
I didn't get to see the Sistene Chapel in 2001 when I went to Rome because that happened to be the one day it was closed--Day of Ascencion or something...don't remember. I was thrilled to get to do this with Jeff, and we both agree it was one of the highlights of Rome! We had great weather with bright blue skies that offset everything outside beautifully! It is so amazing what the artists/sculptors/painters could do back then when everything in the museum was created. You're not allowed to take pictures inside the Sistene Chapel, so these others are a few interesting ones (sorry for them being sideways...thought I changed them and am currently mad with the blog so it's not happening!):
(Side note: I've now tried to fix the pics again and I can't move them, so the order of the pics is now backwards---UGH!!! Oh well!)
The Pope! Apparently Wednesday is the day he gives mass outside--see him under the white tent on the stairs---I do!!!
Wooden model of Vatican City
Us in the outside gardens--in the middle of the museum--beautiful day!
Lockers??? Seriously, they look like them and a few were being restored, so we were nosy (shocker!) and peeked in....they definitely looked like antique lockers to us!
Restoration work currently being done. Again, not a great picture (my camera kept changing itself to different settings and I'd realize it about 5 pictures in).
Painting of the Pope's blessing (I think).
In this certain hallway all the ceiling pictures are named.
Not a great picture, but interesting to see that some places have "screens" across cracks and are in need of repair.
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