The Vatican

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We spent a day at the Vatican, where we got a tour of the museum, saw the basilica, and the Sistine Chapel filled with Michaelangelo's paintings.

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Photos

The Courtyard
St Peter's Square, this is where he was crucified. Also the obelisk can be scene (tall pointy thing).

Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of stone.

Inside the Museum
Covered in Sculptures and Paintings the halls of the Vatican Museum are over 7 miles long.

Sistine Chapel
Kristen took this very illegal picture! Inside you are supposed to be completely silent. It took Michaelangelo 4 years to paint the Ceiling. Each panel was a different Bible story, the first panel took him 90 days, and the last panel took him only 4 hours to paint.

St Peter's Square
It was evening by the time we left the Vatican, it was worth seeing everything lit up at night, despite the rain.

Water from the Vatican
Rome apparently has very good drinking water this was a spout outside the Vatican where people filled up their water bottles like water bubbler.