Italy Day 3 - Ancient Rome

Day 2 - Italy, Rome

Day 2 Recap - Vatican City: St. Peter's Square, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museum, and Sistine Chapel; Piazza Venezia, Victor Emmanuel Monument and dinner at Hostaria to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary.

We walked to Vatican City from our hotel so we could see more sites. These were some of our first views of Vatican City and St. Peter's -



Corey and I in front of St. Peter's -



Looking out into St. Peter's Square -


Corey standing in St. Peter's Atrium -

Holy Doors -

First glance of St. Peter's Basilica -


Altar at St. Peter's Basilica -


Michelangelo's dome in St. Peter's Basilica -


St. Peter Statue inside St. Peter's Basilica -


Michelangelo's Pieta -


Now starts pictures from Vatican City Museum. When we arrived we found out that the Sistine Chapel would close within an hour for a special event. So we bypassed a lot to get to the Sistine Chapel before it closed - we made it just in time.

Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" over the altar of the Sistine Chapel -


The famous ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -


Here are a few other exhibits in the Vatican Museum that caught our eyes -



The Raphael Rooms - unfortunately we did not get to visit. We were only able to sneak a peak.
St. Peter's Square -


Statue of Peter in the square -
Castel Saint Angelo -


We ate dinner at Hostaria for our 5th wedding anniversary. This place was adorable -



Random church on our walk back to the hotel -

Victor Emmanuel Monument and Piazza Venezia -

Rome, Italy - Day 1

Itinerary Recap for Day 1 - Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, and Piazza Navona.

View from our Hotel's roof top terrace -



View from our hotel room window. We were overlooking the hotel's piazza -



Right below our hotel was the Spanish Steps -


Bernini's Sinking Boat Fountain at the bottom of the Spanish Steps -



Trevi Fountain up close during the day -


Trevi Fountain at night -


Bernini's extravagant Fountain - Fontana dei Quatro Fiumi at Piazza Navona -


Our grand view of the Pantheon from our table at dinner -