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Published: March 31st 2012
Inside the Vatican Museum
There is way to much to look at. Thankfully Alex, our guide, was able to explain the significance of the most important things.Well, actually Vatican City is not in Rome. It is a tiny nation itself. But we still consider it part of our visit to Rome.
We met our tour guide, Alex Mariotti, outside the Ottaviano San Pietro Metro station at about 1:15pm. David didn't show up, but we liked Alex better. By 2pm we were ready to start our tour, complete with headsets, inside the Vatican Museum.
Alex was a fantastic tour guide and story teller. He told the story of Michaelangelo and how he came about to paint the Cappella Sistina. He told us how Michaelangelo was not a painter, but a sculpter, and shared the story of his relationships with the Pope, other artists and his life.
After all of that, of course, Michaelangelo was a great artist.
By the time we had reached the Sistine Chapel our legs were, again, tired. Emily had to, again, go to the toilet, and our minds were wondering what all of Alex's stories were actually leading to. As we stared at the ceiling of the Chapel, Alex reminded us why Michaelangelo was a great artist - a bit insane, but a great artist.
After the tour concluded, we walked through Basilica Papale di San Pietro, and marvelled at the outside of the church, which is basicaly recycled ancient roman ruins.
Nick (and Emily) wanted to walk the 862 steps to the top of the dome, but we thankfully convinced them that it was actually 1,724 steps when you consider you have to walk back down...
By 6pm we were again exhausted and on our way back to Via del Corso. But not before the kids enjoyed a wonderful gelato in the beautiful Roman sun.
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Suzy
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Hi Beltrami bunch
Hey there Guys...finally worked out how to comment on ur blog. So great reading all about your adventures...sounds awesome! I've had 3days in city for Strat workshop at park Hyatt, then Cam met me to go to footy last night, only to discover it was Hawks home game when our tic couldn't get us in...oops! Then had epworth day at Moonees valley today which was good fun...some big wins on our table..not ours! Xx