The best bit of planning we did for visiting the Vatican: booking our tickets online in advance. We could have probably done without the tour -- most of the Vatican Museums was just sort of interesting for me, but the Sistine Chapel was flat-out stunning -- but definitely, definitely book in advance. The people who were waiting to buy tickets were standing in the longest line I have ever seen in my life, longer than the line to see the David in Florence or anything I've seen at Disney -- easily half a mile long, if not longer. I don't have any pictures of the Sistine Chapel because you are actually not supposed to take any pictures in there (flash would damage the delicate priceless art, which is understandable, though cameras don't require flash in daylight, even somewhat dim daylight; whatever). Our tour guide got very upset with Ann for taking pictures. But it is so beautiful; so easy to want to risk getting hollered at if it means you get to take a piece of it home with you. The Pietà: also gorgeous. It's hard to give a sense of scale for St. Peter's Basilica, but it's huge, like remove a few columns and you could fit a football field inside it, huge. And stunning.
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