10/27
A day in Rome is always eventful...it took us 3 1/2 hours to get there today, not sure what was happening or why so slow but we crawled into the city. On the schedule today is St. John Lateran, this church was the very first thing we saw when we entered the city for the first time. The church has quite a history dating back to the 4th century when Constantine originally built the Basilica of the Savior...it was the residency of the Popes until 1309, that was the year the papacy was transferred to Avignon...the present St. John’s was built in the late 16th century. This church is massive, the only bigger church we’ve seen is St. Peters which is the largest Christian Church in the world (they claim). This place has so much to see, it is incredible...I’ll post some pics on FB but it would be better if you’d just come and see it in person.
After touring the church and craning our necks for hours, we needed to stretch our legs...at one time Rome was walled and there remain lots of preserved portions of the old wall...we just started to follow part of it through a park across from St. Johns...the morning fog had finally lifted and the weather had turned into a warm fall day, nice for walking. Stopped by a little cafe for lunch and then walked down to Piazza Venezia to take a city tour on an open air bus...a good time to rest our feet and see what we’d missed on our trips...it was a fun tour, took about 2 hours and gave us lots of new places to visit.
Rome is the perfect city for tourist, there is so much to see, and you can’t go wrong with whatever you decide to visit...the list of sights you’ll want to see is staggering. The people that come for only 2 or 3 days are kidding themselves...
Drive to Alviano was easier only 2 1/2 hours...so 6 hours drive today for 6 hours of touring...true...but the drive is touring also!
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| Circus Maxumus |
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| What a nice place to just sit and rest. |
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| Inside St. John's (Giovani) |
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| A part of the Bisilica across the street. |
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| Love the reflection off the water. |
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| The wall of the old city. |
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| St. John's |
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| The Italians love their Grafitti |
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| St Mary's Basilica. |
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