Europe Day 14 - Christmas at the Vatican

Our third day in Rome was Christmas Day, so we slept in then took the Metro to Vatican city. We arrived at St Peter’s Square about 11 am and were able to get a fairly close spot.   

We watched some bands and guard units march in and come to attention in the square below the Pope’s window. The square was rapidly filled up with people there to hear the Pope give a Christmas address and blessing at noon.

The address lasted for about 15 minutes, then we began making our way down to the Tiber river.  

We had lunch at a cafeteria and walked past the Castel Sant Angel.

Then we headed over the Tiber towards the Piazza Navona. It was much harder to find then I would have thought a famous square would be, and wasn’t too impressive once we found it.  

We took a few pictures then grabbed a taxi back to our hotel. After an afternoon rest we went out to find some dinner. There wasn’t much open and the places that were wouldn’t take credit cards and were just reheating food made earlier. Still the place we ate at had a quaint charm.