March 31 Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum

From the hotel it





was a short walk to the Trevi Fountain. Just our luck it was being repaired. There was no water in it but lots of tourists. This guy sort of stood out of the crowd.




From there we went to the St Ignasio church. It's famous for its painted ceiling; especially the section that is pained to look like a dome where none actually exists.




Next came the Pantheon; the best preserved example of Roman architecture and the world's first large concrete dome. It's 3 feet thick at its base.,

Then we proceeded to Piazza Navona, a great place to get a gelato and sit and watch mimes and artists.

Next came the Roman Forum and the Coliseum. Today was our lucky day; entrance was free! We think it's because it is the last day of the month.


We walked back to the hotel from the Coliseum via the beautiful gardens of Quirinale, but we weren't allowed in. This seemed a little strange until we learned it was the home of Italy's President.
We are on a diet of 2 gelato's a day so we had to stop for one more. We walked a total of 7 miles today.

We had dinner at a sidewalk cafe and by CHANCE ran into my first-cousin-once-removed, Willy Fisher, his wife Jill and daughter Nevi.

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