nsfmc: waiting to cross the street towards the vatican
nsfmc: waiting to cross the street towards the vatican
nsfmc: this line snaked around about 300 feet
nsfmc: tour groups wait to get into the vatican museum
nsfmc: the entrance to the vatican museum
nsfmc: they expressly forbid photos, but i just had to try.
nsfmc: i think i took this after we left the sistine chapel
nsfmc: the ceilings are out of control in this room near the gift shop
nsfmc: this stained glass was pretty awesome
nsfmc: this really horrifies me and impresses me
nsfmc: my mom and i both tried to take a photo of this painting
nsfmc: the attendant looks up
nsfmc: the attendant looks down
nsfmc: vatican courtyard
nsfmc: it looks like a pineapple to me, but now it seems to be a pine cone
nsfmc: the stairs leading out the vatican museum
nsfmc: the stairs leading out of the vatican museum (2)
nsfmc: everyone gets tired and sits here for a bit
nsfmc: st peter's sq
nsfmc: in the piazza after a long walk through the vatican
nsfmc: there looked to be a great wine restaurant behind the ivy
nsfmc: this is part of a museum that has an excavation site near the column of trajan
nsfmc: on first sighting the column
nsfmc: the dark hand says stop
nsfmc: dome + column of trajan
nsfmc: column of trajan
nsfmc: me and my mom by the column of trajan
nsfmc: the car is insanely small
nsfmc: my mom smiles as we walk towards a good vantage
nsfmc: il vittoriano