Up early we were at St. Peter's Basillica at 8:30 am when there was no line to get in. It felt as though we had the place to ourselves compared to the busier times later in the day. Like I mentioned previously, this is one of my favorite places in Rome. The scale of the statues and artwork is unbelievable. After 30 minutes of taking as many photos as we could click, we set out to find the Excavations office for our Scavi tour we had scheduled at 9:30 am. We have no real sense of direction or a map for finding these lesser known opportunities. Instead we just started asking folks. Never once did we have trouble finding our access point.
For this tour we had to go to the entrance to the left of the Basillica and ask the Swiss Guiard. (It was so cool to talk to one. The other guard was standing at attention and didn't even flinch.) We were let into what felt like a secret or private back entrance to the Vatican and were ready for our tour.
We talked to the guard on the right in this photo.
2 comments:
Hi Jennifer, Thank you for your postings. Reading about your adventures and seeing the pictures is kind of like being there, although I'm warm and dry :) I'm so glad you're having fun and I can't wait to read about more of your trip! Take care! Katy
My goal is to post a comment to every one of your posts, so you know how much I'm missing you! I'm at Haydens right now and seriously am missing girl talk. Come back soon! :)
Post a Comment