We waited around all morning for the maintenance man to come fix our stove and microwave….we need both to eat…and you know we don’t want to miss a meal. He never came.
Went to the Post Office to open Andy’s bank account. New woman there at the desk, and she says we can’t do it until we go see the Police on Feb 4. We go see them to get our permit to live in Rome. This bank account may be the death of both of us. The lady last time told us to just come back to her office when we got the tax ID straightened out. So we walked right in and the new lady was wonderful to help us. Meanwhile, a woman with an appointment showed up. Our lady let her know she was busy with us, and the appointment lady would just have to wait. Waiting should be Italy’s middle name!
After the post office, we went over the Angel Bridge. The Angel statues were sculpted by Bernini. At the Vatican side of the bridge is Hadrian’s tomb…Castel San Angelo. Hadrian was the one who built a wall between England and Scotland to keep the Scots from attacking the Romans.
Castel San Angelo was a fortress and the Popes had a secret escape passage from St Peters to there in case of attack. It has also been used as a prison. Will have more trivia on the Castel (I am not misspelling this…using the Italian spelling) tomorrow, because we are going to visit it domani. We had lunch on the other side of the river, then wandered down a street famous for its antique shops. Most were closed…lots of places, including most museums are closed on Monday. We did meet one shop owner who had two Yorkies puppies…4 months old. They both tried to lick us to death! We had to kiss and pet and rub tummies until the man decided they had bothered us enough. Then he told them very sternly to get into their beds. They did, but when they tried to come out, he got very stern with them again, and he had to turn to keep from laughing!
As we were walking down another street to come home, we saw a beautiful building and went to investigate. It was a court of law built in 1910. There is a courtyard, not visible from the street, that has a magnificent statue inside. I think it might be lady Justice…although no scales and no blindfold. Think she is holding a sword, which might be more appropriate this day and age.
Got home and had some bean soup with great bread I brought home from lunch and getting ready to call it a day.
Another quick Italian lesson: today is lunedi Luna is moon. Monday is short for Moon day in English. So lunedi is Monday.
Buona Notte. Good night