Roman Holiday

Our first full day in Rome and the organised one has booked a tour of the Vatican and Sistine Chapel. A booked guided tour means no lining up.Just a bit early in the morning after our big, emotional night.  Sadness leads to wine which makes you more emotional requiring more wine etc etc.


The guided tour experience is easy to get back into and the little VOX headset things are comforting. The Vatican is amazing as is the Sistine Chapel. One of us is just pleased the Sistine Chapel is open as was closed last time. For the other one of us, being in the Sistine Chapel with lots of other people is strange. St Peter's is spectacular and we even manage to go to Mass in one of its chapels. One of us was again interested in the  bodies of saints which had not decomposed. An odd fascination.  We took photos.

Cannot believe that 20 years ago, Mum had arranged to meet a nun whom she had not seen for 30 years in St Peter's Square and found her immediately. With all those people. Help from above perhaps (not a helicopter.)

After our now customary afternoon rest, we found and photographed the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish steps, (more steps, as if we had not climbed enough) and the Pantheon. All beautiful and amazing. So many churches. I cant help wondering what we would have to look at if there were no religion.