The Sistine Chapel is not for the faint of heart. While some may swoon over the over the top artwork, others complain of heat, smells and pick-pockets.
The Italians are having a logic-free emotional debate about the situation. One guy calling to limit the "drunken herds" (5 million visitors a year), the other side saying that limiting the numbers or putting time limits on visits is unthinkable.
People, all they have to do is raise the price and things will sort themselves out, but that move is apparently not in the Italian tool box!
This would be even funnier if it weren't for the fact that the hordes and their effluvia may be damaging the artwork.
Oh well, if they don't man up and cut the crowds one way or another, I know exactly who they should get to try and restore the Chapel's artwork!
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I went last year and I was amazed at how most of the visitors only wanted to see the Sistine Chapel and completely ignored the rest of the Vatican Museum's unbelievable collection. Myself, I couldn't get out of the chapel fast enough.
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