today is started with a walk of about an hour into the city principally downhill. So easy on the legs. Currently we seem to be walking around the edge of Vatican city.
So we seem to have arrived in St. Peter’s Square is it?
we spotted Romulus and Remus on the way to the castle del Angelo
This took us to 09.50 and it was becoming complicated to upload and dictate my posts so from here, I’m now typing this in our hotel foyer.
From her we walked towards Piazza Narvona and stopped for a rather nice coffee on the way,
From here we walked to the Pantheon which was just stacked with people trying to get in. From Val’s research we know we can get in at no cost on Sunday so we decided to opt out and take that option.
Our next destination was Trevi fountain which shocked Val. It was all blocked to stop anyone getting down to it. Now you have to €2!!!, so, being miserly we headed off to find its source which is about 200m away. Having found that Val decided we should head towards Galleria Doria Pamphilj……On the way I spotted “Tavola Calda” which is a chain I had been telling Val about and I first visited in Firenze in 1969…. We decided to stop and have a snack… It was worth it…
We then headed toward the Galleria as it was just a few steps down the road….. What a magnificent place. Val had pre booked and so we were able to just walk in. I took a lot of pictures but basically it was the home of an Italian family who were closely related to several high up people in the Catholic Church right up to the Pope and married English wives in the 18th – 19th and 20th Century. After over two hours here we spotted that one of the last characters played the fiddle and went to Magdalene college Cambridge. He was anti fascist and had a price on his head and refused to let Hitler into palace. Time to move on ……
Val had spotted that there is a Jewish Ghetto and as we were nearby we set off in that direction. Unfortunately as it was getting near to Shabat the great Synagogue was closed to the public, however as we were in the ghetto we wandered through the streets and found a nice kosher restaurant and decided to eat. Again pictures in the photo album above
Please see our WaterAid page at. https://walkforwater.wateraid.org/fundraising/peters-fundraising-page76
You can see the pictures now at https://photos.app.goo.gl/CEFu5jF4XxVGo1eQ8
You can see today’s flyover here https://strava.app.link/a0UXaPZfi1b
Tomorrow the Apian Way and Catacombs
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