Wednesday: Roman Holiday. After seeing so much yesterday, we knew today would be less intense. We got up, again, at about 7:15 and walked to the main Freedom Traveller Hostel building for breakfast at 8:00.
Then we took our little blue cards and headed for the Vatican. Little did we know it was going to be an extremely busy day for the Wednesday audience. We waited in a line up in the middle of the square for several hours in total. Nothing was very well organized and most people didn't know which line was going where. We did sneak into different lines that made it through security but not into the hall. Still, there were no announcements nor any other way to figure out was was going on. I guess over twenty-five thousand had shown up when there was only room for six thousand.
The Protestant in me finds being there a little disconcerting anyway. I respect people's religious beliefs but, to me, it hardly seems much like a holy place. The hierarchy and obvious politics keep rearing their heads. Such art doesn't belong in a place of worship. It was just a way to keep the masses enthralled 
Knowing that it would be too crowded to see the museums and all, we left. We decided to do an extra day in Rome before our return flight. We stopped at a few new subway stops. Once back to the Trevi fountain and another at Popolo.
In the evening we went to a sauna club. In addition we activated our Italian Rail Passes. We are going to bed relatively early as we're checking out in the morning and hopefully will be on the 9:12 train to Florence!