Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's, Pantheon, Shopping, and More: Italy Part 5
Our third full day in Italy day started with a 10:30 skip the line tour of the Vatican museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's. Especially since this turned out to be our most grueling day, it was nice to sleep in a little. We set out walking at 9:45. The walk to the Vatican was interesting. We crossed the river, and the closer we got, the more we began to encounter street vendors selling things - bottles of cold water, souvenirs, etc. They would call out to us - "nice American family, cool water?" Geez, are we that obvious? At the Colosseum, we had been warned by our tour guide never to buy bottled water from the guys on the street. It's just the same water you're getting from the fountains, he told us, and sometimes, they took the bottles from the trash. Just another reason to carry your own water bottle ! In the first Vatican throne room We soon met up with our tour guide from The Roman Guy, Jeanette. She was delightfully funny, and from Kis...