Vatican City Piazza San Pietro, Città del Vaticano

Vatican City, or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome.

The Vatican May 18, 2013

Before leaving Rome, we wanted to try to go inside St. Peter's Basilica, but by the time we made it over there, it was closed for some reason. Either way, I was glad that we visited the Vatican during the day. We got to see the Papal Swiss Guard guarding the Vatican, a really good street artist, and we even stumbled across a wedding!

The Vatican May 17, 2013

Before we got to Rome, we purchased night tickets for the Vatican Museum. We got over to the Vatican around 7:30pm in time for our 8pm appointment. I was expecting at least some sort of security check upon entering into the city state, but there wasn't anything at all. We had to weight fifteen or twenty minutes, but overall, it wasn't too bad at all. It was definitely worth pre-ordering the ticket which...