I realized
after all of my travelling that it takes a day to figure out how to properly
navigate a new city. By now, I knew
where to get on my bus and where to go.
I decided to go back to Vatican City and see the Vatican Museum.
I will never
forget the moment before I was about to enter the Vatican museum. I was stopped by a man who was trying to sell
me a tour with a guide around the Vatican Museum for 40 euros. I tried to bow
out but he was very persistent and would not let me leave. I just had to walk
away and less than 10 seconds another one approaches me. Like seriously? Did
you not just see me talking to your comrade? I was going to tell him the same
thing I told the first guy and then a British girl walks by having just left
the Vatican Museum and yells over to me “Don’t listen to him! It’s a scam!” and
a part of me wanted to yell back so badly “I KNOW!” like right in the guy’s
face to let him know that I wasn’t falling for it. So heed my warning, never
take a tour offered by a guy on the street. Plan it out beforehand. Rome
definitely wasn’t as museum-heavy as Amsterdam but this one museum had more
than enough to entertain me. Spend a couple hours at the Vatican Museum and
you will be thoroughly satisfied. At
first I was a little hesitant at paying 16 euros to get into the museum but
then I realized that it is a very large museum, like a museum conglomerate. You
will get your money’s worth plus extra.
I remember
after finishing walking through the Vatican Museum, I was trying to find the
beautiful spiral staircase that I had seen in photos. I was about to head
towards the exit but something was telling me to go back and find it. I was at
the gift shop that was arranged around a circular banister. Across from be I see people start to walk down
an incline and then I looked over the banister and sure enough I had found the
staircase. It made for a gorgeous photo.
After the
Vatican Museum I walked around to kill time until a free walking tour of Rome
was to start. I went to a McDonalds and
was surprised at how packed it was. It
just goes to show how influential America is.
I ordered my meal and a Pistachio Mcflurry that I’m pretty sure was just
a vanilla Mcflurry with crushed pistachios and green flavoring.
Once I met up
with the tour guide and met some nice people, we travelled around Rome. The guide was a little soft-spoken and the
tour was not as great as the one in Amsterdam, but I still learned a lot about
the ancient city. I got my photo taken at the Trevi fountain and saw a someone proposing to his girlfriend in front of the fountain. After parting ways, I
walked back to my hostel and on the way bought a few souvenirs for my family
and ate dinner at a nearby pizzeria. I packed up my things and fell asleep,
ready for tomorrow. Ciao Roma!
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