We had a great adventure today in Vatican City! Just one thing… we got separated from Yoshie and we couldn’t find her anywhere! We looked for her for a good deal of time but as the time passed, we thought it’d be best to get on the metro and hopefully we’d run into her there.
We spent a good five to six hours in Vatican City and had a blast marveling at every single thing we laid our eyeballs on. Since we had an appointment to arrive there around 11:30am, we had to make sure we got there on time. Once we got there, we were at ease, but still… no Yoshie to be found.
So what did we do for those five to six hours, you may ask? Well, we started off the day by going through the Vatican museum where we walked through hallways upon hallways of historic paintings… it was crazy (awesome). We eventually made our way through everything and ended that portion of the tour at the Sistine Chapel… where all of our jaws dropped when we looked up, down, all around and the magnificently painted walls and ceiling... Ah! We stood in the same room that Michelangelo once stood and painted… can you believe that?! Oh man. Anyway, afterwards we took a stroll through several courtyards before making our way to St. Peter’s basilica, where we climbed a few hundred steps to the top of the dome of St. Peter’s. It was a mean climb, but we made it and the view was worth it! We managed to squeeze through the crowd of people and take a few snap shots of the view.
Later this evening, we retraced our steps back to the Roman Forum, where we were finally able to go inside! It closed too soon by the time we arrived the day before so we were glad to be able to get through the gates this time! Anywho, we spent a decent amount of time walking through some of the coolest ruins I have ever seen before… they’re literally everywhere!
Before going back to our hostel, we grabbed some dinner and were relieved to find Yoshie waiting for us in our room. Phew!
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