Being a backpacker free things are always good for the budget meaning we can spend money on a much needed beer or ice cream at the end of each day. While we were in Rome it just happened to be the end of the moth and on the last Sunday of every month the Vatican Museums are open free of charge. All the online reviews warn you not to come on the free day as there are massive queues to get in and the halls are crowded once inside.
However we had also read that the Museum has a long line pretty much every day so we thought we would risk it and save some money. Up early Sunday we caught the bus and subway to Vatican City and followed the throngs of other people. It had been a bit drizzly when we left so we had brought our umbrella and jackets with us. Once of the subway it started hosing down and people started popping out of every alleyway and road trying to sell brollies and ponchos. They were making a killing selling them to all the unprepared tourists but they were also wasting their time on the likes of us trying to persuade Jake to buy another umbrella or poncho.
However we had also read that the Museum has a long line pretty much every day so we thought we would risk it and save some money. Up early Sunday we caught the bus and subway to Vatican City and followed the throngs of other people. It had been a bit drizzly when we left so we had brought our umbrella and jackets with us. Once of the subway it started hosing down and people started popping out of every alleyway and road trying to sell brollies and ponchos. They were making a killing selling them to all the unprepared tourists but they were also wasting their time on the likes of us trying to persuade Jake to buy another umbrella or poncho.