The Musei Vaticano & Sistine Chapel Our tour of the Vatican Museums begins with our first significant wait in line. We take a taxi to the Vatican Museum in the rain, rather than walking, arriving about 30 minutes before the tour. Rome is even more beautiful in the rain, everything sparkles and shines with added glamourous mystery. The museum guards are attempting to corral a few hundred visitors through the lanes in some type of order, with little success. As we stand to the side, a young woman approaches us, hesitates, staring at Tom, turns away, then back again. Does she find him compellingly attractive, does she think he's a famous Italian movie star? Turns out, she thinks he is her archeology professor from Boston University. Ah, no. :) When we finally get into the museum,
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