Thursday, September 23 Our day began early…we left the hotel at 7:20 am to meet our group at 7:45. Today was our tour of the Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. Everyone told us it was the “must do & see” in Rome, and they were so right!! We began our tour with the Sistine Chapel. Once again, our tour guide was Simone with Walks of Italy tours. They specialize in small group tours. Our group had 8 today. We can see now how important an organized small tour is. We did not have to stand in line and we were some of the first in the Sistine Chapel. We had plenty of time to see and learn about all of Michaelangelo’s work. Unfortunately, we could not take photos in the Chapel, but we
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