Kelsey and I walked through the museum together. We went at about 12.30pm and virtually walked right in. There were about five people ahead of us to buy tickets in the student line. There was a ticket counter with no wait at all. We raced through the museum. I wanted to see Raffaello's paintings, and she didn't really want to be there at all. The School of Athens is her favorite painting though, so we trekked as fast as we possibly could through the maze of rooms, halls and people to Raffaello's stanzas.
Funny note, as we were walking along the grand hallway with the gold ornamental and frescoed ceiling about to step into the next room a young boy in front of us exclaimed in awe "Oh god, oh god, oh my god!" for a moment I thought he was like all the others who were all too eager in anticipation for the Sistine Chapel thinking each successive room was "the" one… the words to accompany his exclamation of awe cleared up any confusion… "Oh my god… air conditioning!"
Though we would have loved to avoid it, and its irreverent people, we ended up pushed along into the Sistine Chapel. We were both in shock at how virtual every person had camera raised above their head flashing away taking photos, and silence wasn't even a consideration. Almost made you wonder if they'd designated the day as a free-for-all for amateur photographers? Where was imposing baritone voice intoning "No fotos" and "Silencio"?
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