Day 1 Part 4: Santuario Della Scala Santa + Collecting Papal tickets

Location: Roma, Italia

Date: 22nd October 2024

Address: Piazza S. Giovanni Laterano 14, 00184 Roma, Italia

Website: www.scala-santa.com

First thing I managed to do at Rome, afteranding at the airport here.

The Holy stairs

Pasta for dinner from ingredients at supermarket. Apparently Carrefour is still here is you guys know what brand it is. 

Chiesa Di Santa Maria di Rosario 

Walking towards the papal basilica 

The virgin Mary in put lady of perpetual help. 

Quite a lot of people here... Even though it's only 6pm.

Little faded painting on the Vatican chapel walls

Chiesa Di Sant' Anna dei Palafrenieri 

View of the st Peter square. Finally there. 

Seats for tomorrow's papal audience. 

St Peter Basilica. Believe me... The inside is way more than what you see outside. 

The tour lady next to me saying "最高的天主堂現在是在西班牙叫Sagrada Familia." 

I would've went there but now I'm here. 

Collecting the tickets at the bronze door. 

The square again. 

Sometimes I wish they put some plagues to distinguish who is who. 

More people lining to enter the basilica 

Still lining

Today crowd honestly isn't so bad. 

Beneath one of the wings of the square

Vatican City Gate. 

View of the surrounding area. 

For the upcoming Jubilee year, they are planning to renovate a lot of stuff... Including the metro which is honestly terrible. 

3.50 euro for entire line... No signage... Low ceiling...dirty place (the tracks nor the windows seemed to have been cleaned in a month). 

Malaysia metro better :) So please stop arguing over our system. Italian system is way way way way way way way way worse. 

The waking map of you ever need. 

After collecting the tickets, we went to see the square for awhile, since the St John Laterano basilica is closed. 

Exterior of the holy steps that I forgot to snap earlier.

Day 2 coming out soon.