Seven Days Left in Rome

Tuesday, December 8



Well, we have seven days left in Rome. What did we do today?



Aunt Kathy and Barb are visiting this week, so we had to show them some of our favorite things. Today we had pizza for lunch with John. He is finally done with his major projects and had his big presentation yesterday afternoon. After lunch we took Aunt Kathy and Barb to the "Bone Church". (See Paul's blog entry on this.) They were fascinated. We also went to see another church that we really like - Sant'Ignazio. (St. Ignatius) This church has a trompe l'oeil ceiling and dome. This means that the ceiling is painted to look much taller than it actually is. It also means that the church doesn't actually have a dome, but the circle in the ceiling is painted to look like one. We will post photos of this in a different entry.



After those two churches, we had to do a little souvenir/Christmas shopping. We headed over to one of our favorite piazzas - Piazza Navona where there is a huge Christmas market. We picked up a gift for Grandma and a "La Bufana" for our family. Look for an entry on La Bufana as well.



Aunt Kathy and Barb went out for dinner and we came home for a quiet dinner of leftovers. We have to start cleaning out the fridge and cabinets! Only seven days left!



-Terri