Our guide noticed that there was no line to visit the crypts, so we ducked down there on our way into St. Peter’s. There wasn’t much of a line for the dome, either, but I opted out on that one. Way too many stairs. It really wasn’t bad going down into the crypt. We walked by several pope’s tombs, many of them quite elaborate. I saw a crowd of people off to the side, kneeling on the marble floor and praying, and I knew we had come to John Paul II’s tomb. It’s a very simple slab of marble. I did manage to get a quick photo before they hurried us past. You can only stop behind the rope.