On Day 2 my camera broke on the way to the Vatican

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The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museum

We got to the entrance early and we were lucky enough to be the FIRST group in line. The line can be extremely long.

On Day 2 my camera broke on the way to the Vatican. I got the lens to come out but the focus was off so I didn't have too many good photos.

Outside the Vatican Museum We were FIRST in the Happy Line! :-)	Couldn't believe there was an escalator. There's all of us!	Fertile Madonna depiction
Diana the Huntress	Harvest floor mosaic	Floor mosaic with that pope's symbols
Ceiling mosaic really showing depth of field	Flutist	Statues were fig leafed during prudish times
Tapestry room - warmer with tapestry lined walls so it's air conditioned to keep proper temperature. AC was welcomed!	Gallery of Maps: Each pope has a map on the wall showing their country/area of origin. 40 topographical maps of the whole of Italy, painted on the walls over 3 years by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII (1500s). This 120m gallery is situated at the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard.	Ceiling shows a story but it's upside down from this end of the hall. The decorations on the vaulted ceiling is the work of a group of Mannerist artists.
Part of the ceiling	Part of the ceiling	This photo shows the story in the proper direction and right side up.
The pope's garden for walking and such	Last Supper Tapestry	Royal Staircase (Sistine Chapel up on left)