The Vatican Museum

Overnight we travelled to Rome, Italy. Our first stop on arrival was the Vatican Museum. We could have spent all day there and still have not seen everything—it's huge! From centuries of amazing art, to various pope-mobiles, to the breathtaking Sistine Chapel, there was so much to see. The biggest picture shown here is the ceiling in the Gallery of Tapestries; there is also a photo of a tapestry depicting the Last Supper.

The highlight of the Vatican was, of course, the Sistine Chapel (where we weren't allowed to take pictures.) The walls are covered with frescoes of the life of Moses and Jesus, while the ceiling features the Book of Genesis. The ceiling, painted by Michelangelo over two separate periods in the first half of the 16th century, is considered to have changed the course of Western art and is one of the most important artistic accomplishments in human history. It is an amazing sight to behold.Read more