Day 5; Vatican and Capitoline Museums, Trevi Fountain and shopping in Rome.

Because I'm half asleep, I have just stuck some pictures in the blog, I will provide more writing at a later time. The highlights were definitely finding another Domitian bust and the amazing work of Michael-Angelo in the Sistine Chapel.

Updated!!! Day 5 was a pretty full on day with an early morning visit and queue for the Vatican Museum. The museum was definitely worth the wait though, it was amazing. Finally seeing the Sistine Chapel for myself and all of Michaelangelo and Raphael's work firsthand was unbelievable!!

The Vatican Museum also had an unbelievable number of busts, almost too many to be fair!! It was very hard finding a recognisable face in there among the jumble of portraits of ordinary citizens but I did manage to find one of Tiberius and Titus. After our visit through the hall of busts, we saw the Sistine Chapel and the works of Raphael, absolutely beautiful and dwarfing really. My friend actually cried when she saw the Sistine Chapel.

After our Vatican Museum visit we were free to do as we wished, so I joined a group including Tom, one of our wonderful lecturers to the Capitoline Museum. The Capitoline was also out of this world. The museum was hosting an exhibition on Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius and their partners. It was great to see so many cool artefacts!

After this adventure a group of us started the trek home through Rome, with many stops along the way, including the Trevi Fountain!!! It was quite funny, I threw my coin in the wrong way and Adalia almost fell in!! Besides our comedic mishaps, it was an enjoyable experience. After that visit we went into a few shops in Rome and finally made it back to the British School, which was a good thing! It was definitely a very tiring day!!