Vatican City + The 17th Chapel

I believe it was my father who jokingly asked me what about the 17th Chapel when I told him we went to the Sistine Chapel. I miss that humor!

Our hotel provided breakfast but we slept through it so we grabbed cappuccinos and I got a chocolate croissant from a cafe down the street. We checked out and packed up the car then headed toward the Metro so we could go over to the Vatican. We made it there and the line was pretty small so we made it up to the front door fast and were instantly turned away because my dress wasn't long enough. Stupid California outfits. I wore my longest dress too! But it was just above my knees and needed to be way below them, which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist in my wardrobe. So we went back up to the shopping area and bought some leggings. It worked out perfectly actually because we grabbed lunch right as it started to pour hard. Once it cleared up we worked our way back to the Vatican and this time made it inside. The line moves fast because they turn away a lot of people for dress code, thats a huge thing for them. 

In the round "square"

St. Peter's Basilica

There were two fountains outside in the square

You do this a lot once you are inside all these churches. Everything is covered in detail, mass amounts of it too! The guide books said to bring a mirror with you and look at the ceilings that way, I completely forgot that I had one in my purse the whole day. Our necks are super sore from staring up all day long!

Bernini's work, The Baldachin of St Peter's Basilica, one of my favorite bronze pieces of all time, it is so much bigger in person than all the books LCAD threw at me describe it to be.

These were what really struck me, the tapestries. To me it is so insane that someone could sew something so detailed as these beautiful pieces of work.

So much detail in every inch of the ceiling all the way down to the floors.

View of Rome from inside the Chapel

Dad this peace sign is for you

♥ Mae