It's been so busy I haven't even had time to blog (I'm not sure if this effects a readership of 3 people or 3000 people but either way, my apologies). Better make this the express version.
On Tuesday 28th we had a day in Rome and the attempt was to see the Vatican Museum as well as St John Lateran's and St Mary Major's. It was pouring rain and we lined up for 3 hours in a slow moving queue but just as the gate was finally in sight what should hamper us but...the Italian siester! What a joke! An international museum and the whole line is dismissed so they can all go home for a piece of pizza and a brief sleep! Oh well. As that day also happened to be a free day they did not open after the siesta so there would be no museum :(
We did make it to the above mentioned basilica's though which were all beautful in their own rights.
That night I prayed a final rosary in St Peter's Square, waved goodbye to lights on in the papal apartment and went back to our accomodation.
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