Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica

Micah, Daniel, and Mark in Vatican Museum

We discovered that the Saturday before Easter is not the best day to tour the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica. These are closed on Easter Sunday and the museum is closed every Monday. But it was our only day to go there over Easter weekend so we joined the hoards of tourists. We had a 10 am tour and were there in plenty of time. Eli was not feeling great and by the time we got close to the entrance he and Marta had decided that he needed to head back to my apartment. I guess the bug that Mark had the day before was a bit of the flu and now it was Eli's turn. Mark, Daniel, Micah and I continued with our tour. It was very crowded even though in some of the picture it doesn't look like that. Looking up is always good advice for visiting museums in Rome. 

One of the ceilings in the Vatican Museum

Nero's Red Marble Bath Tub

Daniel, Mark, Micah in front of St. Peter's Basilica. You can see preparations for the Easter Mass.

Nancy, Daniel, Micah in St. Peter's Basilica

Main aisle in St. Peter's Basilica

Micah, Daniel, Mark n St. Peter's Square

No pictures can be taken in the Sistine Chapel but pictures are allowed in St. Peter's Basilica. One plus of our tour was that they were handing out tickets to the Easter Mass the next day in St. Peter's Square with the Pope. We took six so we could go if it was not raining and everyone was feeling OK. - Nancy