{"id":380,"date":"2011-09-15T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=380"},"modified":"2011-11-10T02:16:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T08:16:40","slug":"rome-day-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=380","title":{"rendered":"Rome Day 2 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Rome Day 1 Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Holy crap, I am taking too many pictures. This photo diary is starting to get out of hand. Day 2 will be broken down into two parts.<\/p>\n

I am going to be visiting this building today.
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\nAnyone know what it is?<\/p>\n

First stop of the day will be the subway. I slept in so by the time I left the hotel, it was getting close to noon.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Scratch that thought. I walked down there into the subway and the stupid ticket machine only takes small bills and coins. I only had a 20 Euro bill and that was too big. The manned counter wouldn’t give change either.<\/p>\n

Back on the ground to visit a cafe.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nOrdered an espresso.<\/p>\n

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\nGuess what else comes with an espresso? Change in coins from my 20 Euro bill.<\/p>\n

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\nThe subway in Rome is really simple. Only 2 lines and it’s a flat rate 1 Euro per ride regardless of distance.<\/p>\n

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\nReally long escalator down underground.<\/p>\n

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\nThe subway ticket.<\/p>\n

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\nPretty nice train.<\/p>\n

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\nI think they had these same train in Paris. I remember the center holding bar that splits into three bars.<\/p>\n

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\nGot above ground and lots of people standing around. Oh yeah, everyone had their maps out and was trying to get their bearings straight.<\/p>\n

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\nLove them.<\/p>\n

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\nLook, it’s the Vatican City.<\/p>\n

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\nStreet car.<\/p>\n

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\nSign for the museum on the Vatican Wall.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Vatican Museum entrance is on the North side along the wall. Vatican City really is built like a fortress. I mean, seriously, it operated as a fortress in the past.<\/p>\n

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\nLots of people selling, presumably, fake goods.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a lot of people going in the same direction. I bet the lines are going to be horrendous.<\/p>\n

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\nUgh, CRAP!! Look at all those people.<\/p>\n

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\nOh wait, that was the exit, this is the entrance.<\/p>\n

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\nWoohoo! No line at all!<\/p>\n

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\nThe ticket to Vatican Museums.<\/p>\n

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\nEscalator at right leads up to the museums. Look at the spiral staircase. Neat.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat is it that we have here?<\/p>\n

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\nThe famous double helix staircase that serves as an exit for the museum. That other one I showed earlier is just some wannabe spiral staircase. This one here is the real deal.<\/p>\n

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\nYou can see how it is a double helix. Only one of the spiral was open today though.<\/p>\n

I just got into the museum, what am I doing heading straight to take photos of the famous exit? Well, that’ll be explained later.<\/p>\n

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\nModel of Vatican City.<\/p>\n

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\nAhhh, so typical. Both museum guards are on their cell phone not paying attention. I totally just stole some art work off the walls.<\/p>\n

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\nPieta!<\/p>\n

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\nJust kidding. This is a replica. No one gives a shit about the replica. Hundreds of people walked right by it without giving it a second look. The moment I stopped to take a photo of it, five other people stopped by to look as well. It’s all about the atmosphere. Putting something that basically looks like the real thing in a corner with no one looking at it gives it no authority.<\/p>\n

Haven’t had lunch yet so time to eat some cafeteria food.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nThis is by far the longest line I waited in all day.<\/p>\n

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\nThe international food went cold and untouched.<\/p>\n

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\nEating like the pope himself.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen I got my ticket for the Vatican Museum, they didn’t give me a map. I went to information desk and asked for a map, and they said that they don’t have a map. What kind of crappy museum is this without a map? And yet, here they have a map on the tray in the cafeteria.<\/p>\n

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\nGrounds outside the museum.<\/p>\n

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\nAll except for one had received penectomy. Yes, you know what that word means.<\/p>\n

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\nPretty awesome how you can chisel that out of a single block of stone. Can’t exactly fix your mistakes.<\/p>\n

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\nDon’t even ask me what is going on over here. It looks like he sat on the wrong branch…<\/p>\n

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\nI eventually found out that the Vatican museum is basically an one way street, hence the lack of maps.<\/p>\n

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\nIncredible mosaic work all over the place. Everyone was taking photos of everything except for the ground. Hello! You are walking on art.<\/p>\n

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\nAlmost every single room had amazing ceilings.<\/p>\n

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\nHey, what’s up?! Jesus Christ! Don’t surprise us like that.<\/p>\n

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\nMy favorite room. I believe this is the map room. The ceiling was stunning. I went through the museum mostly taking pictures of the ceilings because those were what impressed me the most and often the only works of art in the room.<\/p>\n

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\nOne of the maps on the wall. Sorry for the crappy picture. The maps were too big and I didn’t have enough wide angle on my camera.<\/p>\n

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\nBet you’ve never seen this view of the Vatican.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is a close up of a mural in one of the room. The whole museum is covered with either murals or moaics.<\/p>\n

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\nThey’ve got a small section of modern art in the Vatican Museum as well.<\/p>\n

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To be continued at Rome Day 2 Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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