Italy Trip - Day 3

Day 3 was definitely the most tiring day. We spent the whole day in Rome. The city of Rome is covered in more graffiti than I've ever seen in my entire life. It was too hard to get pictures from the bus though. I did take tons of pictures, but most weren't worth posting. There was so much information about art and our tour guide for the day spoke with a thick Italian accent. We had to use an earpiece/radio device so we could hear what the tour guide was saying because it was so loud where we were going. The Vatican museum was probably the most unexciting thing on the trip. While everything was visually interesting, it was a little bit overwhelming and I couldn't hear most of what was being said about it. We also went inside the Sistine Chapel, but photos aren't allowed so I don't have any.

Outside the Vatican. Can you guess who's hat that is? lol

St. Peter's Square

Different view of outside

You can see St. Peter's Basilica's dome.

Some courtyard area

Courtyard area from a different view.

The Egyptian things seemed interesting.

Sculptures

More Sculptures

Ceiling in one of the rooms

Close up view of same ceiling

A room with tapestries on the walls. Grandma stands out :)

A close up of one of the tapestries

Another room in the museum with maps painted on the walls

Close up of what was painted beside one of the maps

Ceiling in the map room

Close up of the ceiling

The eyes were gems...which have since been removed. Maybe stolen?

Close up of more art

Painted on a ceiling. This is more what I expect from the Catholics lol

Holy door-opened once every 25 years

Inside St. Peter's Basilica

Inside St. Peter's Basilica

Mary holding Jesus in this sculpture. I remember the tour guide saying how there were complaints when it was done that Mary looked too young. I think this was done by Michelangelo

More inside St. Peter's Basilica

Pope John XXIII, I think

If you look closely, you'll see people on a balcony underneath the windows. Notice the size of the people compared to the size of the letters.

Grandma in St. Peter's Basilica

Colosseum. Fun fact, the holes that look like spots all over the Colosseum are because of a metal storage at one point in time, so they just stole it from here.

Me

Grandma in front of a Roman gate at the Colosseum

Going inside the Colosseum

Great view of the inside arena

Grandma and I!

Trevi Fountain

Another view of the Trevi Fountain

Grandma throwing a coin in the fountain. It's tradition to throw the coin with your right arm over your left shoulder while standing backwards.

The Pantheon

Inside the Pantheon

The ceiling in the Pantheon. It's completely open at the top. There are holes in the floor below in case of rain.

Grandma outside the Pantheon

Street view of Rome

Grandma and I resting after a long day. She's people-watching.

After a full day of sightseeing in Rome, we went to a family style Roman dinner. They had Opera singers for entertainment and I witnessed Grandma enthusiastically singing along to the songs after drinking some wine.