Three more hours by train south to Rome. We had three nights here, but only really two days. The first was spent seeing ancient Rome, including the Palatine Hill, the Colleseum, the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Piazza Spagna and the spanish steps.
The band was out in full force for Rome's 2,159th birthday:
The second day was allocated to Vatican City. We were up nice and early to queue for the Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel. The museums hold some pretty impressive stuff, but it was the museum ceilings that were just amazing. Unfortunately no photos are allowed in the Sistine Chapel.
After two hours in the museums we walked around the corner to St Peter's square and Basillica, the second largest in the world and pretty stunning. We've seen our share of churches on this trip, but St Peter's blows them all away.
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