Our First Sighting of the Vatican, Vatican City

Just before entering the Vatican,this guy greets you above the door.

I think she is a friend of the guy to her left. She also was above another door leading to the Vatican.

These next three photographs were taken of the ceiling in the Vatican. No not the famous Sistine Chapel. The ceiling was painted by "lesser known" artists as quoted on a sign in that room.

We walked for three miles at this point to see these paintings. Still another mile to go to the Sistine Chapel. We were not allowed to photograph the Sistine Chapel.

Looks like this guy is swinging on rings. And here I thought they invented those rings just to torture Junior High Students.

These next four photos are views of Rome from little tiny windows in the Vatican.

Here

there...

and everywhere.