We were super tired and hot before going, and we almost just decided to stay in the hotel and skip it - who cares about the vatican anyway??

Well, glad we pushed ourselves because those paintings... I've seen nothing of that scale in my life. It's a 100% must-go for anybody in Rome!

surely specially staged.

Well, 'staged' implies acting haha, but I do think perhaps it was some kind of attack. Then again, you'd be surprised how stupid some accidents can be in this world X(