Once there, we took a quick look at the view of the swimming pool had a cup of tea and then went off out again, this time minus the suitcase. Armed with a little more information supplied by the hotel, we hopped on a bus back to the Metro made our way to Vatican City. Again it was quite a walk from the underground, but there were lots of exciting shop fronts to look at and being dark everything looked so inviting lit with bright lights. As we passed through the side entrance of the Vatican Courtyard, we had no idea what treats awaited us. As you can see the fountain and border of columns were a feast in themselves, but nothing prepared us for the delight of what lay ahead. As we edged forward, photo by photo, we caught a glimpse of what must be St Peter's. The magnificent marble facade fronts the actual church. I have never seen such a beautiful building and the number and quality of the statues was simply breathtaking. We thought we had time to go through and see Michelangelo's Dome, but as we made our way nearer to the entrance we could see the last of the day's visitors being gently herded out and the tall metal gates being shut firmly behind them. As we backed away we felt the true majesty of the building rising above us and we could only look in awe. Our progress down the main street was still painfully slow as we needed to take one more photo and then another. Just across the road was a castle, now a museum, Castel Sant Angelo. There semed to be lots of people milling around, but we couldn't work out why. This building was just next to the river and so gave us an opportunity to take lots of reflections in the water. Graham for once took advantage of the street traders about and bought a tripod for 20 Euros, increasing the probability of perhaps achieving an even better photo. It was beginning to get a bit chilly now, so we headed back to the Metro and our 1 Euro ticket and eventually arrived backed at the hotel for steak and chips after an interminally long wait for a bus.
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