[Republicanprofessor]

I need to get a bigger sofa though

Yes, especially for the Sistine Chapel. I don't think they even have sofas in there, although for the papal enclaves they do have beds (!).

[Argh]

There were no sofas when I went in the summer of 1969, but there were:

1. That unbelievable, eye-watering, jaw-dropping art (well before the famous, or infamous if you prefer, restoration)

2. Lots of nuns

3. A fair number of overweight men in Hawaiian T-shirts and Bermuda shorts

What a hoot! (I couldn't believe I'd allowed myself to waste the whole morning trudging through all the Etruscan crap in the Vatican Museum)