Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

Therefore you can’t see Rome in one day, because the never-ending lines will take a large portion of your time.

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After the two unsuccessful attempts, we decided to brave the line on the only Sunday of the month that the Musei Vaticani is open and entrance is free.

It could have been quicker than two hours if we could convery our desire to have breakfast at 7.30am instead of 8am to our bed & breakfast host, Biancone. She doesn’t speak English and we have pathetic Italian, only fingers work here – sometimes.

Finally we arrived at the door after being in a 1km line with thousands of people. I could not imagine the situation in summer, the peak travel season for probably the most visited city in the world!

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Inside the Vatican Museum, every inch of the wall, ceiling, floor is ornately and intricately decorated, sculpted or painted to perfection.

The highlight, Michelangelos Sistine Chapel was not as I imagined – to appreciate his work with another one thousand people was slightly tricky. However, such is the dazzling beauty of his work, it did touch me profoundly.

As I stare high up at the ceiling, I imagined him spending years, lying horizontal, painting away and not stopping until it was finally complete. There are always big goals in life we want to achieve, they may be impossible and unrealistic if we look at it in its entirety but break it down, small steps at a time and we will get there eventually.