Rome

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10 April 2008

Today was Vatican day. I had always thought that the Vatican would be in the middle of Rome, but in fact it’s a little away from the centre, the other side of the River Tiber.

We started with a visit to the Vatican Museum, the highlights of which were the Galleries of Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps, Raphael’s Rooms and of course the Sistine Chapel (no photos of the Sistine allowed). The whole visit took nearly 4 hours.

After lunch we went to St Peter’s Bascilica which is a vast baroque structure and after looking around the inside, climbed up to the top of the dome.

We now feel we are Romed out and tomorrow plan to continue our journey southwards.

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