This morning we were out of the hotel by 7am to get to the Vatican museum. =
When we arrived there at 8am the queue was already halfway down the street. =
By the time the doors opened at 8:45 it was down to the corner. We got in =
pretty soon after it opened. The arwork inside is awesome. We also went =
into the Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo painted the final judgement and =
the stories of Genesis. Intereting fact: when it was completed all the =
people were naked. The vatican hired another artist to paint clothes on. =
Also; all the nude statues either have a leaf covering the naughty bits or =
they have been removed with a chissel (ouch!).
When we got out we joined the very long queue to see Michelangelo’s Pieta’ =
inside St. Peters Basilica, but with too little time and miss direction by =
one of the attendants we ended up outside again without seeing it.
We are now on a very long drive to Venice. We will only get to the hotel =
late tonight.