Unbelievable right? Just wait until you see the inside. So I learned that Vatican City is actually it's own Country just a cool fun fact for ya. St. Peter's Basilica is where the Pope resides and it's built over St. Peter's grave. Walking into the church I immediately got the chills. I don't think I ever stopped having them inside. Tears came to my eyes because I was just completely overwhelmed with it's beauty.
The church was massive. It took probably a couple hours just to walk through the whole thing. Val and I ended up splitting away from the group so that we could take our time. I can say I haven't been as much of a devoted christian as I should in the past, but I sincerely have never felt closer to God. Val and I then were the only two in the group to pay to explore the museum inside the Basilica. It was filled with numerous amounts of treasures and other gifts donated to the various popes. It contained gorgeous crosses, chalices, robes, rosaries, and much other beautifully decorated with jewels. Even the robes were sewn with gold, not gold thread but legitimate gold. I couldn't even imagine the worth of all of them put together--it would probably be in the trillions.
Once we finished with St. Peter's Basilica we headed towards the Vatican Museum. Luckily we decided to go to the museum on Saturday because we passed the mile long line on Sunday; every last Sunday of the month is free. We would have spent hours in line. But instead it took us not even a minute to purchase our ticket to the museum. The collections of art inside the museum were extensive works of beauty. I had to hold back on facebook posting with the probably hundreds of photos I took of all the artwork, since this museum was one of the few to allow you to take pictures. Even the outside of the museum was amazing.
The Sistine Chapel was the exit point of the museum, and then we ended up getting gelato at the top rated and also oldest gelateria in all of Rome. It was soo delicious. We then walked to the Spanish steps, one of the most famous staircases in Rome. Val and I walked to the top where we got our rosaries that we bought at St. Peter's blessed by one of the priests at the Church. He did it in Spanish which was kind of cool just to put the languages of many religions together in one blessing (bought from the Italians and blessed by the Spanish).
We continued what ended up to be a 12+ hour day with the Trevi fountain, where I sadly had no coins leftover to throw in the fountain. Oh well hopefully my wish will just come true with pure luck.
We ended up getting dinner at a really good restaurant that night, but they were expecting a dinner party so they could only offer us a choice of two pasta dishes. I ended up getting the dish with the pistachio and cherry tomato cream sauce which ended up being amazing. All in all a great day!
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