On the day that Maria arrived, she really wanted to climb to the top of San Peter's Basilica, so that's what we did. We waited in line for two hours and climbed up to the top of the dome, despite not having had eaten breakfast or lunch. That is why I look like I'm going to die.
Bernini planned the piazza and it is one of my favorite sites. Bernini loved the element of surpise, and it's in all of his works. With the piazza, he planned it so that only little streets meander their way into the piazza, so that the traveler is suddenly surprised to stumble upon the awe-inspiring Barqoe square as well as the massive San Peter's Basilica, hidden in the center of the Vatican.Then, fast forward 400 years, and Mussolini decided it would be a good idea to bulldoze a direct path right up to the Basilica. Bad Mussolini.
