The Chewys’ Europe Honeymoon Trip: Day 4 in Italy/Rome

Rome Day 4

The 4th day of our honeymoon trip was also our last day in Rome! The husband and I tried our best to cover as many places as possible. Felt a little sad but we had 17 days to go so it wasn’t really that bad at that point of time 😛 This is our favorite photo taken that day 🙂

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After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we went to the Vatican Museum but the Sistine Chapel was not open to public due to an ongoing conclave. Anyway the weather was wet and chilly because it drizzled the entire day! Me no likey 🙁

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Admission ticket and audio guide cost €18 per person.

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The hubs acting cute and silly. Hahaha.

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I hope to visit Egypt some day! Have always found the history of ancient Egypt very mysterious yet captivating at the same time. But then again, I heard that it’s quite a dangerous country to visit.. Hmm so maybe not.

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The husband must have benefited quite a bit from listening to the audio guide! My attention span was too short for it.

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The famous Laocoön statue

Vatican Museum collage

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Hall of Maps

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This was our very first museum visit but little did I know, misterchewy had planned many more of such visits throughout our trip! *Faints*

lunch after vatican museum

Recharged ourselves at a cafe and we shared a bottle of beer over lunch! *Gloop gloop gloop*

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Walked to St. Peter’s Square which is located within Vatican City. Many people were eagerly anticipating the unveiling of the new Pope.

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This was one of the Altar of Science in Angels and Demons.

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We joined in the queue to get into St. Peter’s Basilica. Admission is free except to certain parts of the church. You will be surprised but some churches do collect entrance fees.

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St. Peter’s Basilica is one of the biggest churches that we visited in Europe!

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In Angels and Demons, the Camerlengo (Italian for “Chamberlain”) set himself on fire and ran down these flight of stairs upon realization that he had murdered his own father, the Pope.

St Peter's Basilica collage

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The media on standby.

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This is the Ponte Sant’Angelo which leads to Castel Sant’Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel).

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Castel Sant’Angelo is also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress because it had an underground tunnel which was connected to Vatican City. As for us, we had to pay €21 to get into this museum.

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Guess the hubs was thinking about food when he did this Italian hand gesture which meant ‘delicious’. Haha.

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A top view of Ponte Sant’Angelo.

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The rain was getting heavier so we seeked shelter at Tartufo House along Piazza Navona.

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Our upside down dark chocolate ice cream! 😀 Tartufo is an Italian icecream dessert usually composed of two or more flavors of ice cream. Ours was also encased in a chocolate shell.

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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) at Piazza Navona.

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Our final stop of the day was the Pantheon.

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The Pantheon used to be a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome and is now a Christian church. The Oculus (opening at the top) is the main source of natural light and also serves as a cooling and ventilation method. At the same time, it could have played an important role for prayers to ascend to the heavens.

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Tomb of King Umberto I, successor of Vittorio Emanuele.

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Main altar of church.

Us @ Pantheon

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Ending the post with a photo of Trevi Fountain taken on our way back to our hotel. Next post will be on Florence! Remember to check back as we will be sharing about our shopping experience at The Mall’s Prada outlet. Stay connected with us on Facebook www.facebook.com/missuschewy and on Instagram @missuschewy and @misterchewy 😀