Wandering the streets of Rome

We got off to a late start this morning, due to a bottle of wine last night. It was a really good time though, so no regrets.

The plan for today was a little less firm. We bought these Roma passes so that we could skip the line at the Coloseum, and had thought we could use our other free entry to visit Galleria Bourgese, but realized today that you need to pre book your visit. So we picked a different museum and headed out. When we got there though, Kris and I both admitted that looking at more art was kinda the last thing either of us wanted to do so instead we hit the streets to find Fontana di Trevi (it was in the film La Dolce Vita). On our way we stopped for lunch, which was delicious. I had a plate of fried fish, which came out with heads on the fish and shells on the shrimps. Kris thouht it was gross. Trevi Fountain was a bit overwhelming with all the tourists, but still neat. I fed Owen and we took off. Our next stop was a Gelateria I read about and wasn't dissapointed. We also bought a watercolor painting from a street artist.

We hopped on a bus for the Pantheon and got somewhat sidetracked by a Bascilica. On our way in Kris said "How good could it be?" Upon entering, his words were "Not too bad." It's hard to know how big these places are going to be when everything is wedged into everything else.

We did eventually make it to the Pantheon and took a 6 euro audiotour. There's an opening in the roof of the rotunda called the occulus. It rains inside and is drained by a sloped floor and drainage holes dating back to the 2nd century AD.

We snaked our way back through a few more piazzas and ended up at the parliment. There were lots of police and malitia and while we were there, they closed off part of the square for some VIP's. I snapped a couple of photos on the off chance we might be able to identify them later.

Dinner was at the same place across the street from our apartment as we ate last night, thought not as late. Owen had a good hunk of bread to eat and I tried not to freak out for fear of him choking. He did very well.


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