Roma II

The next morning we were off to Calvary Chapel Rome. We were very excited to see what it would be like. We left early to allow time to figure out our Roma Passes. A pass that gives you entrance to two museums and free transit in Rome. We saw that we could pick them up near the Trevi Fountain so John and the kids waited there while I set off to pick-up our passes. Unfortunately, the transit in Rome isn’t near the picture of perfect transit in Paris. So, rather than waste our time trying to figure it out, we walked all the way to church. It was across Rome but we made it just in time for worship. They sing the songs once through in Italian and then in English. It was beautiful. As for the study, the pastor preaches a sentence or two and then another man translates it. It took a bit longer than we had expected but it was all good, we enjoyed the study out of John 7.

Afterward, we stopped for some refueling at a little sidewalk café. We had three Italian pizzas, cannelloni and ravioli. It was yummy!

They have these “street performers” all over pretending to be statues. Jarod loved trying to figure out which ones were real. This one is a real person. He shook Jarod’s hand!

Castel & Bridge of Sant’ Angelo

These guys (what are they? Soldiers? Gladiators?) insisted we pose with them outside the Pantheon.

I think this is one of the most impressive churches I’ve seen. The hole in the ceiling is awesome!

I’m completely amazed at the crowds this time of year. I cannot even fathom what this place is like in high tourist season. We made our way to the Spanish Steps where we enjoyed not Gelato, but a grocery store package of drumsticks, the Italian version of course.

We headed out for our 5:30pm reservation at the Borghese Gallery to see Bernini’s David and some other art. We showed up at 5:20, checked our belongings, again no pictures etc., and went to pick up our tickets. Unfortunately, I didn’t double check my cheat sheet. (The cheat sheet has each stop, reservations, opening times, costs etc.) Our reservation was for 5pm and that is the last entrance of the day. And, they are closed on Mondays. So, our decision was made, we weren’t going to the Borghese Gallery after all! :-) Again, be flexible or be broken! At least we didn’t lose any money in the deal, you pay when you pick up your tickets.

Exhausted but pressing ever onward, we stopped by Porta del’ Popolo.

The buildings looked beautiful at dusk!

Waiting for the metro, we thought the Colosseum might be awesome at night…
On the way, Laura found her prince in shining armor!

We stopped and got some dinner on the corner. Italian sandwiches of some sort. We devoured them on the lawn taking in the awesome site!

That night, while trying to fix our cell phone charger we blew the circuit, and our cell phone, oops! Gotta love the 220 here! It’s all good we kept thinking, be flexible or be broken!