After our lunch we took off walking. We passed a church along the way. I poked my head in and saw the gothic decorations and then popped out. Then we started walking to the Trevi Fountain. It is famous from film and TV, both for tossing coins into the fountain and for illicit swimming in the fountain. It got a great cleaning for the jubilee and with that there were new regulations. Now people are given a 30 minute window to get up next to the fountain toss a coin or three and then leave. We saw that the line was getting shorter so we got in line just before they cut off the flow. There were whistle blowing guards at fountain level that kept most people moving through. That worked for us as by the time we were down there we had it mostly to ourselves. We left there and headed to the National Roman Museum. Located in a fancy palazzo, the collection was extensive. There was a tour of college age girls that we tried to avoid, the galleries were not big enough for us and 15 other people. But we did see them again when we were all done, they were all sitting down in the center of the palazzo sketching away. Happy hour was just a few meters away and it was most pleasant. It was across from a Vatican building and priests and nuns were coming and going the entire time we were there. We finished up with a great dinner and called it a day.
W memorial to war dead
The church did not have a public bathroom
But it had a great ceiling
The altar was no slouch either
A good crowd was in attendance
A scale model of the church
The exterior did not look like the model
An ad hoc motorcycle parking lot
The fountain was busy
This is a terminus fountain. That means this fountain marks the end of an aqueduct so no need to be stingy with the flow of the water
Loving Rome
We all threw coins
So we will be returning to Rome
It is clear that this has had a recent cleaning
Ready to blow the whistle at slow moving tourists
There were layers of folks, some down front, some at the edge of the barrier and some up higher
We filled up out bottles
These two girls spent 10 minutes posing in every possible way. Once they moves on Leslie got in there and showed them how to do it
Another big church just above the fountain
Yum...feedbag
I love the ear covers
Trouble with the police
Trouble with low energy levels
A short cut to the museum
One of the fancier shopping arcades we have seen
Uniform #1
Uniform #2
Funky signs
Rats, cats, pigs and birds
In the beautiful Palazzo Massimio alle Terme
Oh my, the detachable penis has been detached
No wonder he is crestfallen
Looking out he window
Ancient hitchhiking
Pharaoh toes
The Romans collected so many Egyptian souvenir's
These nice palazzos all have the best ceilings
This is a throw back to tour Nile cruise
Such impressive stone work
A repurposed column made into a pharaoh
Alabaster work
Don't mess with Osiris. The snake represents the cycle of life and death
The palazzo is now on exhibit too, fragments of the fine frescoes compete with the sculptures
The eyes are haunting
A very large head, on the statue that is
Huge head or two huge heads
Golden and golden
Fresco and ceiling
This is a sarcophagus
Do not listen to the half goat man
Every army needs a horn player and a man with a big spoon
The second floor portico
The private chapel
That is a door knob
So many little ceramic animals
Part of a huge array of ceramics found in the old basement
Hi Miss Leslie
A intricate design
Do the safety dance!
Really like the two tone sculpture
A drawing class
Across the street was a Vatican Office
Happy hour
With snacks
The biking nun
Some international nuns
Dinner
The most fancy of water glasses
Eggplant paramagnon basil and a white sauce
Veal filets, the best meal in some time
A lasagna
