Up at 6am and off to the Vatican and St Peters Museum for the day. Onto the metro train system which was quite clean and fast. Had some brekky outside the Museum and then joined the queue to enter. We stood in line for just over an hour before it started to move and we were inside within 30 minutes. The end of the line stretched on forever and it would have taken the last people over 4 hours to get in. The museum was huge (as is everything else in Rome), nothing can be done on a small scale. We ventured through all the rooms and saw old statues, baths, paintings, tapestrys from the 1800's the size of soccer goals that took 2 years to make. We then came to the sistine chapel and the painting. No photos or filming was allowed but Holly snuck a few photos in whilst she was hiding the camera. Down from there we went into the cattacombs and saw all the popes tombs and the late Pope John Paul. Outside of there we went up to the Vatican and inside to see the amazing pieces of art, statues, tombs and tapestries. The ceiling was so high and there was so much in there. After 4 hours we finished and headed out for some lunch.
Trevi fountain was our next stop as it was so beautiful the first time we decided to head back for afternoon and evening rest. We arrived at 2pm and spent 4 hours sitting by the fountain relaxing and having cheese, salami and camambert crackers whilst sipping on frangelico. A lovely afternoon and evening. Then it was off to the Spanish steps for dinner where 3 little kids tried to steal my camera, but they weren't going to get me. Whilst two of them put postcards in front of our faces whilst eating, the other one covered my camera (on table) with his postcard and then swiped it. As soon as they got there I knew something was happening so grabbed him and told him to put it back. It was put back and then told them to leave (in a nice way).
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