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Still in Rome, we visited the Pantheon on the 14th. We'd planned to visit the Vatican, too, but could only wander about outside, as the Vatican Flesh Police objected to our shorts... I was rejected straight away, but they were happy for Tracy to proceed, so I joined a large group of blokes hovering at the front entrance (all wearing shorts) waiting for their partners to come back out. As it turned out, even tougher Flesh Police ambushed Tracy at a later checkpoint, so she couldn't go in either. The greatest irony in all of this is that half of the rejected people were, right in front of St. Peters cathedral, stripping down to their undies and changing into long pants in order to get in. In other words, the Vatican is sponsoring one of the largest public strip shows I've ever seen right at the threshold of St. Peters Catherdral! We opted instead to return properly attired on the 15th - which we did, as you'll see later.