This is the queue to the Vatican Museum. It actually went around the perimeter of the walls to the Vatican City... The one hour queue in the late morning sun wasn't that bad...
The Vatican Museum houses one of the largest and most valuable art collections around the world. In addition, there are rooms with frescos and works designed and painted by artists like Micheangelo and Rafael and the Sistine Chapel.
A shot of this pretty looking car while queuing. I like the design on the car! The colour's nice too!
The end's in sight! After 1 hour!
One of the most fascinating display. This ball is set in the middle of the coutyard near the entrance of the museum. When I first saw it, I thought it was reflecting the buldings that surrounded it. But upon taking a closer look, nah... they are just cracks.
Ceiling Fresco which I think it pretty!
There was an Egyptian section in the museum and this is the front of a Mummy case. Been rather fascinated by mummies, pyramids and ancient Egypt after reading the Ramses series by Christian Jacq many years back.
One of my favourite galleries. Basically, on the walls of the rooms are paintings of the areas of Italy. Pretty impressive.
The thinker. I seem to like taking photos of statues in this pose.
The Sistine Chapel is okay. (note the word okay) No photography, so I don't have picts to show you. But basically, it was a room full of tourists, all staring at the walls or ceilings. The frescos are nice. But that was it.
After a 3 hour walk through the museum, I went to the Basilica of St Peters.
Outside Basilica of St Peters
There were security measures in place as we all had to have our bags scanned and go through the detector thing.
Some buildings in Vatican City is undergoing restoration...
Inside the Chapel.
And that concludes my day trip to the Vatican City
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