Ottobre 25, 2010
So this morning, I lazed around a bit, not having enough time to do much of an exercise since I was going to meet my new friend Gemma at 1100 to show her some sites. I was a bit late, and she was a bit early... busses can always be counted on to tamper with your schedule... we finally met, she was very nice and we started our trip at Piazza del Popolo. We took the 'Dolce Vita' stoll, down via del Corso, then made a jaunt to the Spanish Steps and saw some high dollar shops... We talked about school, how we both were enjoying Rome so far, family, shops, everything... We stopped at OVS industry, a nice, non-expensive clothing store that was on via Tritone. Gemma was looking for a bigger bag for her books (I don't know if I mentioned, she's also an Au Pair and is in the other Italian beginner class at school).
After OVS, we turned and went to Fontana di Trevi and I recommend her try and come at night if she can (She lives WAY out in the boondocks north of Rome, but she said it's beautiful, just a long trip in) to see the lights and people at night. As we were walking around Fontana di Trevi, through the throngs of people, taking pictures, the gladiators (out of place) posing with tourists, we noticed one Gladiator scrolling on an iPad... we both saw him and said at the same time, "Was that... Did that guy have a... " then we both started laughing... it was SO out of place, iPhones are rare to see here... that was the FIRST time I'd seen an iPad, and it was funny to see a big burly guy, dressed in quasi-authentic gladiator attire, using one... :)
After Trevi, we headed to the Pantheon to see it in all it's wonders. It was cool to see again, there was a light drizzle on the floor under the occulus. We marveled at the dome and how the geometric shapes add to the dimensions of it. Then we headed outside toward Piazza Navonna. We marvelled at the main fountain, and some of the art (not all as they were covered for the drizzle). Then we headed to Campo di Fiori, found an interesting pub "Drunken Ship", looked around, stopped for some good pizza and suppli for lunch then went to Piazza di San Pietro walked around a bit, took some pictures, then made our way back to the Pantheon for some gelato from Fiocco di Neve, one of my favorites now... (Al Capo, Fiocco di Neve, & Giolitti) all around the Pantheon...
After our delicious gelato, we headed back to Piazza del Popolo so she could catch her train back to the house and start on her two girl's ironing. I headed back and made it back just in time to go with Zio Marco to pick up the kids at school. (Apparently I was supposed to wait downstairs with all the parents and not go up to the class room, oops, now I guess I know) We did some homework, but then Lavi had to leave and go to Pop dance lessons, so Nic and I finished, and he put off his writing a review of one of his books until later *due Friday* because he needed to get some pictures for his presentation tomorrow to "Aliens" (parents) about the liver. We did a lot of searching for just the RIGHT picture... finally after some tweaking on paint shop (professional paintshop worker here ;) we finished and tried to print... no ink... Zio Marco's... only black and white... Cugino Umberto... Success!! It turned out well. It will look good when he "cuts open" Lavi to show the 'aliens' where the liver is in relation to the other organs... Then we had some pork, penne rigate al pesto, and zucchini/carrots. Buonissimi.
A beautiful day to be alive and in the presence of God... :)
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