Nora walked to the Vatican to visit the museums and the Sistine Chapel (including lunch in the Vatican pizzeria).  After a tour of San Pietro and its crypt she climbed to the cupola at the top of its dome for a view of all of Roma.
August 20, 2009
Vatican museums’ staircase
Pigna
Big head
Map room ceiling
Raffaelo’s logia
Mosaic floor
Big toe
Piazza San Pietro
Swiss guard
Vatican Dome
Michelangelo’s Pieta
Large putto
En route to the cupola
Inside the dome
Top of the inner dome
At the cupola
Above San Pietro
Above Roma