voyager avec KN: 3rd Stop: Vatican City and Rome

I haven't been so excited to arrive to a city since arriving to Santorini in Greece. I've got to say that Rome and Vatican are two of my favorite cities!
Being in Rome obviously meant to not waste time. So on day 1 (we are in Rome for 2 days), we decided to wake up as early as possible to go to the Vatican. Of course.. That did not happen. We got captivated by the amazing breakfast buffet at our hotel (might I mention, we stayed at a 4 star hotel by mistake?). But that is besides the point :)
We arrived a little before noon and it was already PACKED. So many tourists walking around, but I secretly loved it because I didn't feel judged while I had my map in my hand at all times.

Outside St. Peter's Basilica

From reading tips from other travelers on the Internet, I took everyone else's advice and headed to the line to get into St. Peter's Basilica.

Loads and loads and loads of tourists in Vatican City on a Saturday morning/afternoon

Super trippy (and super steep and tiring) stairs, while climbing up St. Peter's Basilica

View from up top :)

The dome and I

Inside

The swiss guard/gate keeper (he models as a side job)

Outside

In St. Peter's Square

Saint Peter's Square & I

Just prancing around Vatican City

Ponte St. Angelo bridge & Vatican City

Our lunch (yup, we're still eating pizza and pasta)

And then we headed back to Rome. We decided to make up our own walking tour and basically walked across the entire city, stopping by all the little famous sight seeing areas :)