Preview of Scootergal's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Rome, Italy Entry Title: "Sistine Chapel - or not" Entry: "With all good intentions I got the BOSS up early and we caught the morning rush hour train to St Peters. I had heard about the legendary long lines to get into the Sistine chapel, but when we arrived, even though it was only just past eight o'clock we were shocked to see that the line already reached the corner 500m down the road. The line was not a single line but six deep across the footpath so we had to walk on the road to reach the end of it. It was only when we made it to the first corner that we realised the line had already built up around a second and third corner all the way back to the forecourt of St Peters about two kilometres away. Realising that this was not going to be a one or two hour wait as we first thought but instead it would be more like a five hour wait in the hot sun, we very reluctantly agreed that the Sistine chapel was not going to be achieved by us that day. The line to get into St Peters was only about 15mins and we joined the queue to bravely walk the 320 steps to the top of the dome. It was well worth ever single step. It was a clear morning and the view over Rome was magnificent. We spent the next two hours fighting the crowds inside the church looking at interesting mosaics and statues. Tip #13 ...
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