Vatican City

Today we went to the Vatican. Now I am not Catholic so I don't know alot about Vatican City...but everything I do know is thanks to "Angels and Demons." Everything I saw I was recalling what happened from the movie. "That's where the second Cardial guy dies," "Thats where Ewan Mcgregor burns himself alive," "These are the fountians that explode," and so on... Turns out none of the movie was actually filmed there. Go figure.

First we went to the Vatican Museum. They have so much random stuff from just about every era/region/period ever!

We did get to see the Sistine Chapel. Not going to lie it was a little anti-climatic just like when you see the Mona Lisa. It's like, "Wow I've see this a million times already." I guess it's still cool to see the real thing even if it does look just like all the replicas I've seen in my life. You wern't allowed to take pictures but I was sneaky about it.

After the museum we went to St. Peter's Bascilica. We climbed to the top of the dome too!

Found my future husband today too. I know, you are all probably super jello of me and my new love.

After the Vatican we took a sightseeing bus around the rest of Rome we hadn't seen yet. We got off near the famous Mouth of Truth. I wanted to stick my hand in it, but it was closed. Oh well, I probably would have gotten my hand eaten anyways. Legend has it that if you don't tell the truth then your hand will be taken off if you stick you hand in the statue's mouth or something like that.

Tonight, we took a Rome by night walking tour called "The Dark Heart of Rome." We learned about old ghost stories and legends of Rome. It was really interesting especially since it is almost Halloween! I would highly recommend this tour.

We did sooooo much walking today. I am completely Poped out. (And no, I did not spell that wrong! You get it now?)