10-19-25 The Pantheon & Pasta
I finally slept! it felt so nice to awake to the light. Dave & Deb had already gone exploring so I got ready and headed to meet them near The Pantheon. I dressed appropriately for the church setting and strolled my way to the Piazza as I listened to Rick Steve’s best of Rome. They mentioned a favourite spot near the Pantheon and they weren’t wrong. It was peaceful and the surrounding places spanned the centuries of architecture. Along the way I took some shots of little interesting things including the cat sanctuary
I found a cute little café and stunned the employees by ordering a double shot added to an Americano. That, along with a pistachio cannoli was my favourite breakfast so far
I heard from Dave and Deb and joined them for a Mimosa before getting in line for our entry
While waiting in line I spoke with some lovely ladies from England and then began listening to the Rick Steve’s presentation. A point that really stuck out to me was about the portico. Each column is 40’ tall, 15’ around and came from Egypt! As promised, the inside was spectacular
Dave mimicked the tour operators and led the was to find what promised to be an outstanding roof top bar. It was in the oldest hotel in Rome and what a lovely spot!!
We headed off intending to find a light lunch. We did, it was delicious and I should not have eaten that much!
Now we were running out of time so Dave headed off to drop our stuff at the apartment and meet us at the cooking class meeting spot. What a fabulous time was had! We made fettuccine and ravioli and gelato
I took lots of pictures and airdropped them so everyone had their own. I enjoyed meeting Sue from Minnesota. The food was amazing but I was toooo full!
We wandered back towards home, took wrong turns, got separated etc. I love big crowded cities at night. Deb and I bought makeup. I have never had such a fancy mascara. Earlier in the day I had bought a fancy calendar of the sites of Rome and a gift for Rae . I even wandered into a mass!
Once back we did a combined load of laundry and rack hung it to dry. Tomorrow will be an early day. We are going to the Sistine Chapel!
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