We’ve been to see all the typical tourist things – Colosseum, Roman Forum, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum (where we unexpectedly got a great Egyptology lesson – yeah, I know?!)
Colosseum
Forum
In fact, this city has a distinct fixation with Egyptian monuments. We’ve walked past/through dozens of piazzas (big and small), and they all seem to have an obelisk in them. Either real (stolen) or replicas. Even the massive courtyard of St Peter’s Basilica.
Sistine Chapel was one of those moments where we found ourselves being terrible tourists. We walked past several signs asking people to not take pictures/video and to please be quiet. Then we walk into this:
It was almost louder than a crowded Macedonian church. So we joined in until one of the security guards was brave enough to start the ‘nofoto’ chant.
Michelangelo's Judgement Day covers one whole wall
Tonight we’re going for a walk past Rome’s Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain on the way to a restaurant that’s been recommended to us. Tomorrow, we jump on another plane and head to Serbia to visit more family.
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