We set off to catch the 9.00am shuttle bus to discover there was a strike on the public transport in Rome which was a bit of a blow cos we had tickets for the Vatican museum, however we took a chance and carried on to the station. When we arrived at the station we were the only people on the platform , after a few minutes other people began to arrive so we were hopeful. Ten minutes later a train came so we got on, we got to Flamino station 18 mins later and caught the metro which was very quiet to Termini. We wondered what all the fuss was about. We met mum at her hotel and then proceeded to the Vatican again on the metro. Once we got to the Vatican we had a walk round and then picked the tickets up and went in the museum. Once inside we saw all the Roman sculptures and frescoes on the walls and ceilings, we stopped for a coffee in the gardens and then carried on in to the Sistine chapel again more frescoes and the most famous ceiling in the world, and the main feature Micheal Angelo's fresco the last judgement! We then sent postcards to ourselves from the Vatican and went into St. Peter's basilica the queue was long but it moved quickly. After we had a walk an stopped for clod drinks then got the metro back to the hotel. We had a pizza and bottle of "Est Est Est" at a restaurant next to the hotel. We then made our way back to the campsite however after we got the metro to Flamino station the trains were not running due to the strike so got a taxi back to the campsite. The taxi driver was entertaining talking about all the rock bands he had been to see ( Beatles,led zeppelin ,rolling stones etc).
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