Vatican II

With the fun facts out of the way, I will discuss my time in the smallest country in the world. It was amazing, but very overwhelming. I booked a guided tour that would include the museum, St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Gardens. It cost me a total of 50 euros, and was well worth it.

Just the sheer size of the museum was intimidating, with 9 miles of exhibits, I would not know where to begin. I could have wandered through and admired the many different pieces I was looking at, but I would not have known what it was I was looking at. My guide was an American who had been living in Rome for the past 7 years. She was very knowledgeable of what we were going to see, it truly made it an amazing experience. I would say either the Tapestry hall or the large statue of Hercules would have been my favorite, but there is so much priceless, beautiful art that I am sure everyone falls in love with at least on piece. If you are ever in Rome, I highly recommend you devote the 4 hours and take a guided tour. Don't worry, you will not walk away a religious zealot, but you will walk away with a new viewpoint about it.

Bronze Hercules - found by a farmer plowing his land.