This a courtyard area at the Vatican.
This is the maps room. There are maps of every region of Italy on these walls and maps on the ceilings.
This is a famous painting in one of the rooms.
After touring the Vatican Museum, we walked back around the HUGE walls and had lunch at a little pizzeria. It wasn't bad, but man sometimes the people can be very pushy to get you to stop and eat at their place!
After that we walked over to St. Peter's Basilica! Man is it impressive!! We did a tour of it using our iphones! Rick Steve is a famous tour guide that writes books and stuff. But he just came out with some audio tours on your iphone!! So cool, we used this so much over the course of our trip! Just plugged in the head phones and he guided us!
Just to give you perspective, those letters up there in the background, those are 7 FEET TALL!!
This is a famous Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding a crucified Jesus!
Here is the outside of the Basilica.
After that we just kind of walked around Rome and made our way by other famous sites! We saw numerous ones but here are some of the more famous ones.
Castel Sant'Angelo
Piazza Navona
The Pantheon
The Pantheon
The Pantheon
The Spanish Steps
After that we made our way back to the hotel to relax for a bit and then get ready for dinner! We ate another fabulous place near our hotel that the front desk recommended. Kevin and I had the best Fettuccine Alfredo we've ever had in our lives!
Later that night we hit the Metro and made out way to take a few night shots!
We had a great second day in Rome! That night we got some much needed rest so we could head out for Florence the next day...
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