The pictures are:
1. The flea market.
2. Cruising the Tiber.
3. Coins into the Trivi Fountain.
4. Dinner on the street.
Well we started out the day by not starting!! The real story is that we woke up at 10:00am. Once we realized how late it was our feet hit the floor almost running. Ed got up, showered and went to breakfast and Barb finished getting ready.
We walked a couple of blocks and took the train into the City and went to the largest weekly market in the world – they say. If it wasn’t the largest flea market, who cared because it was huge. We walked for about two hours. This market is called
the market at Porta Portese and is only open on Sunday until 2:00 pm. Barb bought a purse (of course) and Ed bought a shirt (of course)! We had a lot fun. You could buy anything there, even wedding dresses.
Then we ate in a wonderful local’s restaurant and had a three course lunch that we split.
We then walked to the largest Jewish synagogue in Rome and had a guided tour of the synagogue. Our tour guide lived as a young girl during WWII and she was amazing. Her stories of surviving during that period were spellbinding. When we went
into the main synagogue they were just starting a wedding so we got to see the bride come in with everyone – it was fun.
1. The flea market.
2. Cruising the Tiber.
3. Coins into the Trivi Fountain.
4. Dinner on the street.
Well we started out the day by not starting!! The real story is that we woke up at 10:00am. Once we realized how late it was our feet hit the floor almost running. Ed got up, showered and went to breakfast and Barb finished getting ready.
We walked a couple of blocks and took the train into the City and went to the largest weekly market in the world – they say. If it wasn’t the largest flea market, who cared because it was huge. We walked for about two hours. This market is called
the market at Porta Portese and is only open on Sunday until 2:00 pm. Barb bought a purse (of course) and Ed bought a shirt (of course)! We had a lot fun. You could buy anything there, even wedding dresses.Then we ate in a wonderful local’s restaurant and had a three course lunch that we split.
We then walked to the largest Jewish synagogue in Rome and had a guided tour of the synagogue. Our tour guide lived as a young girl during WWII and she was amazing. Her stories of surviving during that period were spellbinding. When we went
into the main synagogue they were just starting a wedding so we got to see the bride come in with everyone – it was fun.A one hour very relaxing cruise on the Tiber River followed and then we were ready to walk again.
We walked to the Trivi Fountain to throw coins in to bring us back to Rome – hey – it worked the last two times!!
A subway ride took us back by the Vatican were we ate dinner and took the shuttle back to the hotel – another wonderful day in Rome.
Tomorrow we get up early to visit the Vatican’s Scavi tour to see the excavations below St. Peter’s Basilica. This is the now opened excavations below the crypts holding the tomb of St. Peter. They only take 120 people a day 33 feet below St. Peters so it should really be interesting. Then we race back to the hotel and head for the ship.
Talk to you tomorrow from the ship – night – night.
