Day 3 – July 4

Part 1: Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel

		Sheena and I found a great little cafe about two doors away.   We had a quick cappuccino and a croissant before we started our day of sightseeing. If you get the opportunity, to visit Rome I would suggest you think about getting an Omnia Pass.  It is expensive (€90) but the people were helpful in setting things up for Sheena and me.
It gave us access to Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel without waiting in huge lines.   With Sheena's bad ankle, she couldn't stand for long.  The Omnia Pass allowed us to get places fast with the Hop-On Hop-Off bus too.  We are able to cruise around Rome and see what we wanted to do.   There are two catches with the Omnia Pass.  First, it only lasts for three days from when you go to the first site.  Second, some sites are closed on Sunday (like St. Peter's Basilica) so if your Omnia Pass falls on one of those days, you might lose out on the benefit of having it.
		The Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel were amazing to tour.  We saw one of Michelangelo's Pietas.  A pieta is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mary's arms.  It is a famous pose and I think Michelangelo made four in his life time. However, I think Sheena's favorite part of the tour was getting a wheelchair and riding the lift - especially the hike we had to take to get from St. Peter's Square to the entrance of the Vatican Museum.  It was pretty hard on her.
Have to give Crystal Bigalky a shout out for letting us use her "boot" or "da Boot" as we have been calling it.  I think "da Boot" has made this vacation possible for recovering broken ankle Sheena.