ruthietoots:
First thing out the door in Rome, I am back in Egypt!
ruthietoots:
Santa Maria Maggiore
ruthietoots:
The church used to be St Mary of the Crib because it has four boards allegedly from the manger, presumably the object of devotion here
ruthietoots:
Preserve of a polyglot priest
ruthietoots:
As I was leaving, I saw these guys assembling
ruthietoots:
So I went back to hear them rehearse
ruthietoots:
Opposite the church is Cottini which charmed me with this poster
ruthietoots:
Wandering the lanes of Monti
ruthietoots:
My first notice of Monte Cavallo
ruthietoots:
And my first sighting of part of the Forum
ruthietoots:
Piazza Colonna
ruthietoots:
Staying not far from Trevi Fountain, I saw it frequently -- the square was always crowded
ruthietoots:
Trimani Enoteca, where I ate my first evening
ruthietoots:
Juno and Diana, two of the four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale
ruthietoots:
Guarding Palazzo del Quirinale
ruthietoots:
The Quirnale Garden was closed, perhaps because it was Sunday
ruthietoots:
From Piazza di Sant'Apollinare towards St. Peter's
ruthietoots:
A fabulous hidden square just off the chaos of Piazza Venezia
ruthietoots:
Saturday at the synagogue-museum in the former Rome ghetto
ruthietoots:
A bit more nature here than along the Seine
ruthietoots:
The first time I tried to see Bocca della Verita, the line was too long, I gave up, and I went inside
ruthietoots:
Looking back at the Greek Catholic Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin
ruthietoots:
Crossing the Tiber (or as Italians call it, the Tevere)
ruthietoots:
I puzzled a while over what held that tree limb there in the current
ruthietoots:
Now in the lanes of Trastevere, I took this before I got to visit Innocenti bakery on a food tour
ruthietoots:
The market in Piazza di San Cosimato
ruthietoots:
Fiori di Zucchini
ruthietoots:
Santa Maria in Trastevere
ruthietoots:
It looks very Orthodox for a Roman Catholic church
ruthietoots:
About Santa Maria in Trastevere
