A trip to Italy 2 weeks ago was a treated from hubby after left me home alone for almost 3 weeks, i would love to go back again. It is such a beautiful country with so many places and things to see. 5 days just wasn't enough!.
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| The Piazza di San Pietro |
Day 1
We spent walking around Rome and The Vatican City. It has always been a dream of mine to visit the Vatican and attend a sunday mass with the Pope standing in front of me :p. Half of my dream has now come true, i did visit the Vatican but did not attend the mass. Maybe next time :-).
We stayed in the hotel just a few minutes away by bus from The Vatican City, after we checked in we went there straight away. It was 4 PM when we got there and we were too late to get tickets to the museum. Instead we went inside St. Peter´s Basilica, luckily the queue was not so big at that time. To get inside you had to pass a security check and you have to be dressed properly, ie no short skirt or tank tops and men are required to wear long trouser. From the moment i stepped inside i was never failed to be amazed, everything was SO beautiful!!.
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| Inside St. Peter´s Basilica |
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| Michelangelo's Pietà |
Day 2
Our first target for the day was to visit the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. We were lucky again for not having to wait so long to get in. We paid €12 each for the ticket and it was totally worth it. The ticket is valid for both Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. Everything in the museum is AMAZING, the art work, the sculptures, the architecture, the paintings, EVERYTHING!. Amongst everything that i saw, the ceiling was my favorite.
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| The ceiling inside the museum |
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| The spiral exit |
And its not yet finished. I got a shiver down to my spine as soon as i entered the Sistine Chapel. Words can not describe the feeling when i saw Michelangelo´s masterpiece: The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment for the first time. Unfortunately, pictures are not allowed to be taken there but you can see the virtual tour of Sistine Chapel here. I could just stay there for hours if we didn't have any other places to visit.
Afterwards we took a bus from Vatican City to Rome. Even though we had limited time and my feet were aching, we managed to see few other attractions in Rome.
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| Arch of Constantine |
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| Inside the Colosseum |
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| Colosseum in the evening |
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| Trevi Fountain |
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| The Spanish Steps |
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| National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II |
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| Pantheon |
