The Royal palace was huge. Every Royal leader built additions to it, so it grew through all of the many Roman eras. The Pyramid was built during the time of one leader, who had traveled to Egypt and liked the Pyramids, so he had one built in Rome and is buried in it. The Colosseum was in really great shape considering how old it is. We didn't get to stop and go in, and the line around it was so long, but we'll get back another time.
We stopped at the People's Plaza and had an hour to run around and see some sights. We made sure not to miss Trevi Fountain, where we threw a coin in the fountain. The legend is that if you do that, you will return to Rome again one day. We also were told to get gelato at the Trevi Fountain and wow, it was so good. We also found The Pantheon, which was where the government of Roman times held their meetings. It was so beautifully refurbished. It was this huge building in the middle of this little plaza and was so overwhelming, I got chills when we walked around the corner and saw it. We had to hurry back to our bus for our trip to Vatican City.
In Vatican City, we were able to go through the Museum, which were many long corridors of ancient artifacts, sculptures, paintings and tapestries. Gold everywhere! It was very beautiful and cool to see how old they were. We were able to spend some time in the Sistine Chapel, but couldn't take any pictures. It was really amazing how much detail Michelangelo put into his work. Michelle thought the Swiss Guards were so cute, guarding the Vatican, like court jesters.
Behind the Swiss guards, 2nd window from the left, is the Pope's apartment. He didn't come out to greet us, but it was kind of cool knowing maybe he was looking out the window at us. You never know!
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