Wednesday, we woke up in Rome. We had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then headed out to start seeing the sights. We started out seeing Repubblica, which was basically just a bunch of ancient ruins. It was interesting. Then we headed over to the Vatican. The guy working at the hotel told us how to find a trustworthy tour guide and once we arrived there, it was very easy to find one. The tours not only have the perk of being super informative, but you get to skip a four-hour line which obviously saves so much time. When we got to the tour office, we had a bit of a dress code issue. The Vatican is very strict on their dress code – you have to be dressed very conservatively. You can’t show shoulders or knees, and if you do, the guards can kick you out. I was wearing a white dress that exposed both my shoulders and knees. I was able to buy a scarf for 3 Euros that covered my shoulders and my dress was just above my knees so we decided to chance it for that part. When we left for the tour, they gave each of us headsets so we could easily hear what the tour guide was saying and he didn’t have to shout. Super handy, but they sometimes made it easy to lose the group, as I couldn’t hear where the voice was coming from. We walked to the Vatican museum, skipping the enormous line, and had a quick tour of the museum, seeing tons of statues and other ancient Roman art. I didn’t run into any problems with my dress. After the museum, we got to see the Sistine Chapel! It was so cool! The details of Michelangelo’s painted ceiling were immaculate. There was so much to look at. It probably took the tour guide at least a half hour to explain all the pictures shown. It really was so cool to actually see that, after having learned about it a hundred times in art and history classes. Once the tour was over, we explored the museum a bit more before walking around the city’s walled border to see the basilica. We only saw the front plaza area so we didn’t stay there very long. The pope gives public addresses every Wednesday, so a lot of it was closed off for that. After that, we got some gelato and then headed to get our stuff and leave for the next hostel, a “campsite” (meaning small cabins) quite a distance from the main part of the city, but very cheap. We settled in there, ate some pizza, and then headed to rest after another long day.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Día Seis: Roma.
Wednesday, we woke up in Rome. We had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then headed out to start seeing the sights. We started out seeing Repubblica, which was basically just a bunch of ancient ruins. It was interesting. Then we headed over to the Vatican. The guy working at the hotel told us how to find a trustworthy tour guide and once we arrived there, it was very easy to find one. The tours not only have the perk of being super informative, but you get to skip a four-hour line which obviously saves so much time. When we got to the tour office, we had a bit of a dress code issue. The Vatican is very strict on their dress code – you have to be dressed very conservatively. You can’t show shoulders or knees, and if you do, the guards can kick you out. I was wearing a white dress that exposed both my shoulders and knees. I was able to buy a scarf for 3 Euros that covered my shoulders and my dress was just above my knees so we decided to chance it for that part. When we left for the tour, they gave each of us headsets so we could easily hear what the tour guide was saying and he didn’t have to shout. Super handy, but they sometimes made it easy to lose the group, as I couldn’t hear where the voice was coming from. We walked to the Vatican museum, skipping the enormous line, and had a quick tour of the museum, seeing tons of statues and other ancient Roman art. I didn’t run into any problems with my dress. After the museum, we got to see the Sistine Chapel! It was so cool! The details of Michelangelo’s painted ceiling were immaculate. There was so much to look at. It probably took the tour guide at least a half hour to explain all the pictures shown. It really was so cool to actually see that, after having learned about it a hundred times in art and history classes. Once the tour was over, we explored the museum a bit more before walking around the city’s walled border to see the basilica. We only saw the front plaza area so we didn’t stay there very long. The pope gives public addresses every Wednesday, so a lot of it was closed off for that. After that, we got some gelato and then headed to get our stuff and leave for the next hostel, a “campsite” (meaning small cabins) quite a distance from the main part of the city, but very cheap. We settled in there, ate some pizza, and then headed to rest after another long day.
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