Our Roman Holiday: Day two

Vatican City


































The second day we decided to dedicate the whole day to the Vatican and St. Peters Basilica, totally worth it! I had found this incredible guide to the Vatican City that even had insiders tips of how to get there via the train and what to say or what to do to make sure you see everything and skip pointless lines and re-entries so may I suggest Ron in Rome if you are ever coming to Rome. http://www.roninrome.com/

As we were walking down one of the numerous halls lined with statues of mostly naked men Addie said "Mom, ask me about these statues" I said Okay tell me about these statues to which she responded "I think they forgot to put pants on". We got such a great laugh out of that. Her commentary was honestly the best part. She also said while looking around at all the crosses "Mommy, Jesus has the bleeds" it was very tender.

Highlights:

Sistine Chapel, its a much smaller room and much different than expected but really amazing wants you sit down and just look at the ceiling in order, really incredible.

The spiral staircase just so cool!

The hall of Constantine, it was really incredible. The whole vibe of the room was just so interesting especially after all the research we did on Roman history.

However the Gallery of Maps was by far one of my favorite rooms, it was almost too overwhelming to take it all in.

But being surrounded by amazing works of art Michelangelo, DaVinci and Raphael, it was just amazing.

St. Peters Basilica was so big and gold and on display is the famous statue of Mary holding Jesus, Pieta by Michelangelo really was beautiful.

We really enjoyed the whole experience and I was so excited to acutally be there surrounded by so much history.