Today we climbed up St. Peters Basilica.  That is roughly around 550 stairs.  It was not as bad as I thought it would be but since we were constantly going in circles it got very repetitive.

However, seeing the work of Michelangelo was worth it.  The Basilica was beautiful.  Its incredibly difficult to believe that not a single thing in the huge building was painted.  All of it was beautiful mosaic which was artfully laid, it was not difficult to believe that this building took over a hundred years to build.  I felt like a tiny human in this giant place of God.

The next place we visited was Castel Sant’Angelo.  Castel Sant’Angelo was built by the Emperor Hadrian but then converted into a fortress for the Pope.  Lots of stairs.  I believe our tour guide got a little lost because we circled the place a few extra times.  After all of this, I was exhausted.  We had roughly climbed around 700 stairs.