After walking between 7 to 10 miles each of the past five days, we opted for a slow morning. We had a hearty breakfast then went to Carapino, a new gelateria originally from Florence:
Walking near St. Peter’s, we could see there were still a lot of people and it was taking a long time to get anywhere.
We stopped for a small bite expecting it would be almost 6 hours before we would get food again. And we had some wine:
We then met our docent and her assistant and headed to the Vatican Museums:
Raphael:
Leonardo’s unfinished St Jerome painting:
Caravaggio’s Deposition:
Pine Cone courtyard:
Apollo Belvedere:
Laocoon:
Belvedere Torso:
map of Venice from the Hall of Maps and Livia, our docent:
part of Raphael’s School of Athens:
Matisse:
After the Vatican Museums tour, Sid and I went to St Peter’s while Scott went to pick up his jacket from Davide Cenci. Sid in front of Piazza San Pietro:
Crossing Ponte Sant’Angelo:
View back towards Castel Sant’Angelo:
Went to dinner at a Michelin star restaurant where Scott modelled his new purchase.
The photos of the meal were added years later so I cannot recall the dishes.
Back at the apartment on our last night.
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