Spanish Steps; Piazza Navona where we met a priest from Texas who told us about a parade happening this evening where the Pope himself would be present (more on this later); Pantheon - awesome; Time Elevator - a 4D show about the history of Rome which we really needed; Trevi Fountain revisit; Pyramid; circus maximus; St Mary in Cosmedin - where we all put our hands in the Mouth of the Truth and came out unscathed!; wandered by the river and over to the Island Tiberina on the river; Marcellus Theatre - really old and looks a lot like the colloseum; Capitol Hill; gelati at the oldest Italian icecream factory; and finallly back to the room for a rest!
After a rest, a beer and waiting for a small rain storm to pass we went back to a local restaurant for dinner where I had the most awesome vegie antipasta I have ever eaten. YUM!
Everyone was satisfied and so we went to the street nearby where the priest from this morning had told us about the parade. Eventually we found out that the parade was not going to happen because of the rain (!) but that the pope was probably going to come past at some stage...so we waited...it is so weird what people will do and we are not even catholics!! Anyway we waited and we did see the man and it was nice - he looked really happy and joyful which was lovely. It was brief and it was late but when in Rome...
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