Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica

6-21-10

Yesterday Rox and I were on our way to the Metro in Rome Italy. We had a 9:30 a.m tour scheduled to view the the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. To make a long story short we ended up on the wrong Metro. We watched all the Italians get off the Metro and we decided to stay on because in the U.S ours go in a circle. Yea! Well not in Europe! The Metro's literally come to a complete stop after the last stop. So Needless to say Rox and I were stuck between two walls underground in somewhat of a laughable panic. Thank goodness Pietro, the conductor of the Metro busted through the doors to listen to two Americans shouting, "What do we do!?" Now, our luck again, Pietro did not understand English, but he sure did find us hysterical! The cool part of all this was being able to ride the Metro in the conductors quarters. He taught Roxanna how to drive the Metro, so she ran about 8 stops before we had to get off at our final destinations. Video still to come...

Not to self: Learn Italian before visiting Italy again.

Roxanna and I were a hour late to our tour and thankfully our tour guide let us join the 1:00 p.m tour. Every part of the Vatican Museum was detailed and well thought out. Michael Angelo's work in the Sistine Chapel was amazing! The tour from Viator was great! We wore a head set so we were able to walk and look around while our tour guide was talking to us. If you love history and architecture you must see these three places!!