Day 2 in Roma

Ciao! this is day 2 of our trip to Rome.  I am looking forward to visiting more historical  landmarks.  Thank you for joining me on this adventure.  But before we begin our day, my Daddy Julio wanted to apologize for the delayed post.  We've been having such a great and busy time that by the end of the day he has been too tired(okay, lazy)to share our day on the blog.  Okay back to our adventure...

But, before we leave the hotel, I needed to stop by the travel desk to purchase train tickets for tomorrow's day trip to Caserta.

And now a nice stroll through the Borghese gardens to the Trevi Fountain.

Ah! The remarkable Trevi, the fountain where people from all over the world come to toss a coin in and make a wish.

Can you imagine...thousands of years ago the Roman's found a source of pure water outside of their city and created an aquaduct that terminated in the Trevi District...and hundreds of years ago this fountain was built  to commemorate the spot.

I wanted to jump in and collect a few coins for a nice Gelato but Papa said it's bad luck.   Instead, I followed tradition and tossed in a coin...this is suppose insure I return to  Roma.  Hey, it worked for my Dad's...they tossed coins in years ago and have already returned 3 times.

Before our next stop, we took a lunch break at a one of the small restaurants in an alley on the way to the Pantheon.

Cheese pizza! Yummy.

I can't believe this...another building that is really, really old...the Pantheon.

My papa says that the building still has the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world...and it was built thousands of years ago.  The Roman's built it for the ancient Gods.   The Catholics later turned it into a church.

Uh oh Dads....there's a hole in the roof.

According to Daddy, the hole is there on purpose.  It's called the oculus(eye).  It allows sunlight to stream into the Pantheon.

The light moves across the floor and room throughout the day.   It is the only source of light which sounds dark and spooky at night.  

Alright...time for another break...gelato!  This is a first for me.  Doesn't it look yummy!

Ah! Molto Buono! Two tiny enthusiastic thumbs up for Gelato!

This is the path in front of the Medici villa which leads to the Borghese gardens that takes us to our hotel.  I'm gonna take a dip in the pool for a bit to cool off from all the hot and exciting sites.

It's dinner time.  Tonight my parents say we are going to an area called the Trastevera to a place recommended by some guy name Rick Steve.  My Papa Dan really likes this guy.  The name of this restaurant is called Osteria Ponte Sisto da Oliviero.  Mr. Steve said it has traditional Roman fare.

 We're here...yay! I'm starving.

No butter?  Oh well, olive oil will have to do.

 
Pasta alla carbonara...my favorite.

I'm stuffed and ready for bed.  Looking forward to tomorrow's adventure arrivaderci!