Today, the repair man showed up only 10 minutes late and fixed at least one more stove burner. Number 4 worked every time he tried to light it- but doesn’t work for us.
Today we did Castel San Angelo. What a fortress! I climbed all the way to the top and the views of Rome and St. Peter’s were breathtaking. And you can see almost 360 degrees from up there. There were lovely rooms painted with frescoes in the Castel and a throne room and bedroom of one of the Popes. Met a couple from Nacogdoches, Texas. At first the woman just said they were from Texas..when I asked where, she said, ‘a little town you probably never heard of’. She didn’t know I was from Dallas at this point. When she said Nacogdoches I told her not only did I know where it was…but I could spell it!
Met a charming young man who works as a guide there and he speaks German, English, French, Spanish, a tiny bit of Polish and Italian, of course. I spoke to him in Italian a bit and we have ‘a date’ in December for lunch when he says we will both converse in Italian the whole time. I hope so, but my Italian is so rusty. Will just take practice.
After seeing this amazing building, we decided to walk back past the Vatican Museum and go to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. A 35 minute walk and the place was closed. So,we ended up at a Japanese restaurant. They offer all you can eat for about $18 but we didn’t think we were hungry enough for that so we just ordered off the regular menu. BIG MISTAKE! Next time we will know. There were 5 men at a table across from us…probably from a soccer team or something. They kept eating and eating, so the place might be out of business when we go again.
Came back to our place, but had to stop off for our first gelato since we have been here. Manure was good – even on a chilly and damp day.
It was our first time to really be out in the rain.
We saw a couple of nuns today in habits made of denim! And one was wearing flip flops.
Tomorrow, we plan to go to the Napoleonic Museum just across the river from the Castel. Supposed to rain for the next couple of days, but hope it doesn’t.
Good night for today.