Italy with the Campbells - Rome Day 1

After a rainy night at the campground, we awoke to a dry morning for our first day in Rome.  We took the campground bus to the train station and then got on a train that to us to the main station in Rome.  We then figured out the Metro and got ourselves nearer to Vatican City where we were going to spend the day.

We headed to the Vatican Museum first.  My favorite part of this was the temporary display of Faberge eggs that were on display.  The storied behind them all was fascinating as well as looking at all the tiny pieces of each one.  Never in my life did I think I would see things so delicate!

The other part of the Vatican Museum that was pretty cool was the Sistine Chapel, but we weren't allowed to talk or take pictures in there.  It was bigger than I had expected, but I was hoping that we could take some pictures in it.

After seeing the Vatican Museum, we headed to St. Peter's Square where we had lunch and people-watched for a bit.

We then went into St. Peter's Basilica and walked around it for a while.  This is definitely the biggest church we've been in so far!  I sent a postcard from the Vatican to my former boss which was interesting because Vatican City has it's own post office.  We then had to take some pictures with St. Peter's in the background.

From St. Peter's, we headed down the road to look at a few other buildings and some squares.  The thing that struck me the most was the amount of Egyptian obelisks decorating various squares throughout the city.  We took pictures of every one we saw so that we could show them to my mom's class since they study Egypt in 3rd grade. 

After a full day in Rome, we headed back to the campground by Metro, train, and bus.  We ate dinner at the campground restaurant and it was excellent!  Who knew that a campground could have such good food!  We all enjoyed our food and then took the rest of the evening to relax before heading out to another full day in Rome.