Maggie and Bob have a rule: “If you want to understand a place, check where the locals shop… and where they fill the tank.” Following their advice, today we slip behind the Vatican’s guarded gates to explore its discreet shopping world: the supermarket with mythic status, the tucked-away electronics corners, the quietly chic fashion shelves, and of course, the famously inexpensive Vatican gasoline. It’s the everyday life of the smallest state on earth. Hidden in plain sight.

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