We decided to go on a tour when we arrived at the Vatican quite early in the morning and the line up to get in was already snaking around two sides of the Vatican walls. It still took us over an hour to do the bypass! Our guide said it was one of the worst days he has seen for 2.5 years for crowds. This is the pine Cone Court yard inside the Vatican. It was a beautiful day, lots of sun and 12 degrees!
Nero's Bath! Just fill with goats milk and relax. Made from purple porphyry, 6 times more expensive than gold. The vatican has 9% of the worlds purple porphyry.
Sistine Chapel wow! We had a great lead up before going in about every story on the roof and walls. Nothing can prepare you for this!
Inside St Peter's Basilica. They were setting up for the Pope's New Years mass that evening.
The Pope's Swiss Guards. No matter what the crowd did they wouldn't falter in their stance. Six generation Swiss and trained similar to SAS.
Here we are outside the Basilica in St Peter's Square. Large crowds already assembling for a good spot for viewing service outside on big screens.
We decided to go on a tour when we arrived at the Vatican quite early in the morning and the line up to get in was already snaking around two sides of the Vatican walls. It still took us over an hour to do the bypass! Our guide said it was one of the worst days he has seen for 2.5 years for crowds. This is the pine Cone Court yard inside the Vatican. It was a beautiful day, lots of sun and 12 degrees!
Nero's Bath! Just fill with goats milk and relax. Made from purple porphyry, 6 times more expensive than gold. The vatican has 9% of the worlds purple porphyry.
Sistine Chapel wow! We had a great lead up before going in about every story on the roof and walls. Nothing can prepare you for this!
Inside St Peter's Basilica. They were setting up for the Pope's New Years mass that evening.
The Pope's Swiss Guards. No matter what the crowd did they wouldn't falter in their stance. Six generation Swiss and trained similar to SAS.
Here we are outside the Basilica in St Peter's Square. Large crowds already assembling for a good spot for viewing service outside on big screens.
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