Kelsey, Becca and I were up early enough to take our cold showers and arrive at the Vatican around nine thirty. The plan was to explore the museum today, and come back for the dome climb and basilica on Saturday. What was not accounted for in the plan was for there to be an hour and a half long line. I'm still not used to it being tourist season in Rome, and as it wasn't free Sunday I wasn't expecting a line at all. Wrong. The line moved quickly, it was just long. We paid our eight euros once inside and set out to tackle this monster. I found that many more rooms were open than when Becca II and I went. We saw so much more in shorter amount of time. The rooms were crowded, but not to the extreme that Becca and I experienced the first time around.We saw the Egyptian rooms as well as the Raphael rooms I thought I had missed the first time around (really Becca and I just failed to turn around and see the School of Athens) The Sistine Chapel was a better experience this time around. People were for the most part respectful of the no pictures rule, and it was decidedly quieter than Free Sunday. After making it through the entire museum in what seemed to me to be record time we were all quite hungry. A conveniently placed
Burger King sign was calling Kelsey's name and she kindly ate quickly while becca and I waited to find a less expensive pizzeria. Once we had a little sustenance in our bellies the girls decided they would rather do the entire Vatican in one day than split in over two and trek all over the city. So we passed through security to see the basilica. Kelsey wasn't interested in the dome climb, so once we had seen the all the tombs we were done with state within the city. We made our way over to Castle Sant'Angelo which the Vatican had used as a prison at one point. I had yet to get close to the large circular shaped fortress, and it was nice to sit on the wall overlooking the river on one side and the castle on the other. Becca spotted a skilled artisan, whose trade I won't mention here just in case the work she bought is not for her. We eventually made our way back to the apartment to relax for awhile before heading out
to dinner. We came back to the room and looked at Becca's brother's wedding photos for what seemed like hours, there were a lot of photos, and good ones at that. We didn't leave the apartment until eight thirty for dinner, and the first restaurant we tried was full. I took the girls to Buchetto, the only place in the city (that I've found) that has gnocchi all formaggio, which are little pasta/potato balls covered in cheese sauce. The Italian version of mac and cheese basically. I knew that Becca and Kelsey (both picky eaters) would be able to handle this, and it was quite delicious. Having visited the entire Vatican in a day the girls and I were absolutely exhausted, once we had a warm supper in us it was all we could do to stay awake on the tram ride home.
Burger King sign was calling Kelsey's name and she kindly ate quickly while becca and I waited to find a less expensive pizzeria. Once we had a little sustenance in our bellies the girls decided they would rather do the entire Vatican in one day than split in over two and trek all over the city. So we passed through security to see the basilica. Kelsey wasn't interested in the dome climb, so once we had seen the all the tombs we were done with state within the city. We made our way over to Castle Sant'Angelo which the Vatican had used as a prison at one point. I had yet to get close to the large circular shaped fortress, and it was nice to sit on the wall overlooking the river on one side and the castle on the other. Becca spotted a skilled artisan, whose trade I won't mention here just in case the work she bought is not for her. We eventually made our way back to the apartment to relax for awhile before heading out 
to dinner. We came back to the room and looked at Becca's brother's wedding photos for what seemed like hours, there were a lot of photos, and good ones at that. We didn't leave the apartment until eight thirty for dinner, and the first restaurant we tried was full. I took the girls to Buchetto, the only place in the city (that I've found) that has gnocchi all formaggio, which are little pasta/potato balls covered in cheese sauce. The Italian version of mac and cheese basically. I knew that Becca and Kelsey (both picky eaters) would be able to handle this, and it was quite delicious. Having visited the entire Vatican in a day the girls and I were absolutely exhausted, once we had a warm supper in us it was all we could do to stay awake on the tram ride home.
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