ROMA

After a wonderful morning at St. Peter's Betty and I headed over to the hop-on hop-off bus. Anna wanted to do her own thing.

The first thing we did was ride the entire route, just to regain our strength after the 700 steps.

We got off to see The Pantheon and Piazza Navona, but first found a restaurant for lunch in a quaint little square. We sat outside, serenaded by a group of musicians and enjoyed...pasta...of course.

We then headed out to find our way, walking along the cobblestone streets and then we turn a corner and BAM!!! smacked in the face with the more beautiful piazza we've seen...Piazza Navona and sitting in the middle a beautiful fountain...Fountain of the Four Rivers (1651). We strolled along the piazza, again cluttered with hawkers, and then decided to find the Pantheon.

Just a few blocks away, we found it, and it too was breathtaking. It has been used as a church since the 7th century.