The Vatican Museums and Roman Rain

 Yesterday, Annie and I braved the light rain and decided to visit the Vatican Museums. On the last Sunday of the month, the museums are free admission! We got to the Vatican around 9:20 and ended up waiting in line for about two and a half hours. We got inside just before they closed the doors for the day. I would love to say that the museums were amazing and fantastic, but after waiting in the rain for two and a half hours, we were tired, sore and cranky, we ended up fast-tracking to the Sistine Chapel which was not what I expected. The chapel was packed like a can of sardines and there were security watching everyone to prevent people from taking pictures. In the end we got in and out pretty quickly. We are planning to go sometime later, but we will reserve tickets so we don't have to wait in line!

The line to get into St. Peter's Bascilica...it was
raining and the line was easily three hour wait.

Our line to the Vatican Museums...also raining
...still ended up with a two hour wait.

A dome inside the Vatican Museums.

A Vatican Museums corridor ceiling, the
net is to catch any falling pieces of plaster.

Long view of the corridor of maps, the walls are
covered in antique renditions of maps of the world.

Another ceiling in a corridor
of the Vatican Museums.

Otherwise, we are currently experiencing Roman rains. It has been raining almost steadily since Sunday early morning and isn't supposed to stop until tomorrow evening. Then we get about 4 days of sun before more rain!

Other than all of that, I am loving my time in Rome! We are thinking of taking a trip to Greece for our Thanksgiving break, but there aren't really any plans yet on the books.

Ciao for now.
Kyle