Sat 29th June
Today is
the feast of St Peter & St Paul and the bells are ringing out to celebrate.
Chiesa di
Santi Apostoli is our first port of call. I remember this church from last year
as it has the most amazing chandeliers that appear to be hanging in space, much
like the candles in the dining hall at Hogwarts. For this reason we refer to
this church as the ‘Harry Potter’ church!
The gallery contains paintings by so many famous artists it has to be seen to be believed, including the scarily life like study of Pope Innocent X by Velasquez.
Today’s
tour concentrates on the Caravaggio paintings in the collection, including my
favourite – The Penitent Mary Magdelane’. Music is played on instruments from
the time as we move through the galleries, culminating in a short concert in
the Throne Room.
It was
really well done & I would thoroughly recommend it.
Lunch today
is at Enoteca Provinca Romana which specialises in food & wine from Lazio.
We share a platter of Salami & wash it down with glasses of Frascati.
Trajan’s
Markets are just around the corner. Again the displays here are so well done
with good explanations of the exhibits and each room having a reconstruction on
TV screens.
Walking down Via Biberatica you can imagine you are actually back in Imperial Rome.
The views
over the Forums are impressive too.
We have the bonus of seeing the bride arrive and share the moment before she walks up the aisle.
We move on
to the Orange Garden where, once more, we have drinks with a view.
The bride& groom appear and have their photographs taken in this lovely setting.
Down to the
river and we walk along until we reach Isola Tiburina. Part of the Roman summer
social scene involves restaurants & bars setting up along the river. Bacco al
Tevere, the restaurant of Umbrian chef
Salvatore Denaro is set up right next to the Ponte Rotto which is
glowing in the setting sun.
After dinner we took the bus to Via Tritone then walked up to Piazza Quirinale to watch the fireworks from Castel Sant’Angelo.
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