Entering the Vatican city-

I entered the walls of the Vatican City on a Wednesday, possibly the 1001st person to enter so my admission was free and I shook the popes hand. Amazing. I actually was interested to be there as nearly every piece of are I have viewed over the last few weeks has revolved around Jesus his saints and pleasing the god above our heads. So I felt it would be interesting to see what the city which directs half of the 1st worlds thoughts would like to portray in their gallery. Wandering through if not being pushed by the Dutch and German tour guides skipping through the palace towards the grand finale of the Sistine Chapel I found that of the many works of art we have viewed thus far the Vatican museum by far had them all beat. From raphels sketches to his massive rugs hanging after the hall of maps. Hell the hall of maps amazed me as much as the chapel, seeing how the world was viewed and for the walls to retain such resonance in a modern world is an interesting juxtaposition. luckily I didn’t have my camera with me as I didn’t charge the battery but after seeing all the tourist groups I began to think it was a good idea. Yes a couple of images from the Vatican would have been nice to take home yet at the same time I can always Google image it, copy it and print it. That way I can differentiate myself from the trains of custie tourists there to see only one place. What really threw me off was the small yet very to the nexus contemporary gallery just before you entered the chapel. With some 50 works of art mostly painting and a couple sculptures all cantered around the idea of Christ. While I slowly made my way through the miniature contemporary gallery I began to notice that there were scores of people being hoarded straight past the gallery not even stopping to take a look inside. I even overheard an American tour group leader proclaim over his intercom that there is nothing of importance in there. In fact I think out of the 30 odd minutes I spent in there I doubt more than 5 people took the time to even walk though it as their Sistine chapel fever was in full effect. Upon reaching the famed chapel I found it to be as I expected, crowed with every tourist in Rome looking to get closer to god. Noisy with guards storming around letting loose on unruly tourists taking pictures and speaking in 10 foot voices. of course I must agree its a grand fresco, the most impressive one I have ever witnessed in person yet in truth it didn’t inspire me what so ever. It’s the epitome of objective art work. It now serves one purpose in my eyes which is defining Italy’s present tourist market, a money maker. for some reason I simply find it so awkward that nuns worked the gift shop, just as when your supposed to be quiet in the chapel only for loud speakers to echo heavily though my bones as some gaudy voice tells you in short to shut up. Surprised the fresco didn’t shake off the walls with how that base was hitting. again not to sound like a downer the chapel was worth seeing and I would recommend it to anyone in Italy, only take with you your dog collar and follow the lemmings. a major complaint I do have with the Vatican mouse was that in order for the chapel to be the final banger you enter the chapel from the wrong end, the end your should be seeing when you enter the correct way. In fact I vacated in a frenzy of thinking about fresh air and realized I exited the wrong way, going back though the chapel I entered the correct way and amazing it struck me as a much more grand room. All and all it was a good experience but as I am not a religious person I think next time I will leave it for the Christians.