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 Italy 5th day

　We left the hotel before 8 o'clock to enter the Vatican Museums and lined up at the group entrance. We lined up around the high walls of the Vatican that Tom Cruise infiltrated in the movie MIP3. The surveillance camera was installed as it was in the movie.
　By the way, we can enter the group entrance from 8:00, but there is a risk of a queue cut at 8:40. (If it is cut, we will have to re-arrange in the line of individuals which will start admission from 8:45, so it will be a big time loss)

 Vatican Museums

　I was finally able to enter the Vatican Museums, which I couldn't enter because the opening time had passed when I traveled here 30 years ago. From the courtyard, I could see the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica next door.
The interior of the museum is an on-parade of sculptures and murals. The air-conditioned curtain room is cool and comfortable. The ceiling painting is very beautiful between the 140m long maps room. But after all, I was impressed by the murals and ceiling paintings of the Raffaello room and the Sistine Chapel. The school of Athens in the signature room drawn by Raphael is full of ancient celebrities. It is said that Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, etc. are drawn. Plato is said to have imitated Leonardo da Vinci, Do you understand who in the picture is who in history?

　Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling painting of the Sistine Chapel and the Last Judgment, is amazing. The pillars on the ceiling drawn in perspective do not look like pictures, they only look like real pillars. Looking back from the exit, the Last Judgment in front of me pulled my back hair. I'm sure it will come again someday. (Quoted from the photo in the Sistine Chapel pamphlet because it is not possible to take a photo)

 St. Peter's Basilica

　A temple dedicated to the martyred San Pietro. The inside is dim, and there is a large space scale, so it is majestic. I love the atmosphere, but the inlays on the floor and the mosaics on the walls are all gorgeous, but it feels a little overkill. The costumes worn by the Swiss mercenaries on guard are Michelangelo's design and are flashy and very noticeable.
　Lunch after sightseeing was shrimp dishes and tuna pasta. The glass of spumante (sparkling wine) was delicious.

 Orvieto

　We stopped by Orvieto I knew from my friend Inui's travelogue(https://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~kt7t-ski/ssk/inui/) on my way to Florence. We climbed the hilltop city by cable car and took a minibus to Duomo.
　On the façade of the Duomo, there were gorgeous pictures of the same Bible story as the Sistine Chapel. For the first time I saw a horizontal strip of basalt in different colors on the side of the building (similar to the cathedral in Florence). There were many pottery shops in the unique medieval cityscape with stone buildings on both sides of the narrow cobblestones. We took a photo at the well of San Patrizzo and left Orvieto.

　My family bought a hand cream Lepo with olive oil at a drive-in to Florence. Recommended by Tour Conductor, she bought two for winter use. In Italy, products with extra virgin olive oil are cheap, so if you find one, the trick is to buy the best one possible.

 Florence

　We had dinner at Trattoria Accadi. The restaurant was scheduled for vacation, but our tour conductor directly asked the master to open the restaurant. It was a casual and delicious restaurant run by a Japanese master Toshi-san. Soup, pasta and house wine were all delicious! And it was very cheap at 35 euros per person. The vegetable cream soup was very delicious, so I asked the master to write a recipe and took a picture. The house wine was all-you-can-drink and delicious, and the sweet spirits (grappa) of the after-dinner drink were also delicious and I got completely drunk!
　We returned to the hotel after taking a commemorative photo with the old Cameliere, who was a former soccer player of Serie A "Fiorentina" where Hidetoshi Nakata was belonged.

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