I
spent my third day in Rome, Wednesday October 16, doing more sight-seeing. I
first went to the Spanish Steps, where I found the view marred by an obtrusive Prada
advertisement.
I
then reached the Capitolian Museums, which I toured for a couple of hours.
In
the afternoon I went to the Church of Mary of the Angels and the adjacent Baths
of Diocletian Museum and then at 6:30 I went to the Basilica of St. Paul,
arriving just after it closed, so I walked around a while, before returning to
the hotel.
The
view from the Spanish Steps with the advertisement for Prada
I
then walked around the Villa Borghese park area. I was surprised to find a
replica of Shakespeare’s London Globe Theater there where his plays are
performed.
The
Globe Theater
The
Villa Borghese with its art museum is one of the places where visitors need to
book admission tickets in advance, which I had not done. There were no tickets
available for the next two days, so I kept on walking around the park grounds
there.
One
of the secondary monumental buildings in the Villa Borghese grounds
I
then took a tram across the city and returned to the hotel for a nap. In the
afternoon I went to the Circus Maximus and walked around the perimeter of the
Forum area.
The
Roman Forum
The
statue in the courtyard of the Capitolian Museum getting its inscription
repainted
Then
after sunset I walked around further and visited the Church of Sts. Cosmas and
Damianos, before returning to the hotel.
Later
that evening I went to a movie theater near my hotel for the 10:30 showing of
Gravity dubbed into Italian. My weak knowledge of Italian was not a problem for
following the plot of this action film.
On
my fourth day in Rome, Thursday October 17, I first went to the Castel Sant’Angelo and then walked around the city center, stopping at the Pantheon and
the Trevi Fountain and other sites along the way, including a political demonstration.
The Castel Sant’Angelo
The
interior of the Pantheon
A
small political demonstration at an Egyptian obelisk
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