Friday, November 5, 2010
‘moving slow. Had an exquisite breakfast at the hotel, then slept afterwards until noon. We took the bus through downtown and had confidence that we could read the map and get to the Pantheon, but were quickly lost. In growing desperate for a bathroom, we stopped the Museum Romo and took in an exhibit on the 19th century struggle to unite Italy. We were mostly interested in the bathroom, though the paintings were interesting. It included information about the pope being essentially stripped of secular power and placed on a reservation, now called the Vatican. The attendant showed us where we were on our map...only two blocks from the Pantheon! And the back door of the museum faced the famous Piazza Navano, which just happens to contain two fabulous fountains, a very famous church, and beautiful government buildings and much more. Stunning!
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