Today the weather continued beautiful. It's sunny and about 55. We spent hours wandering in the forum, then went to the Capitoline museum. Ashwani rested a bit, and I went to the Crypta Balbi museum. This was a theater complex built in 37 bc. It's beneath a busy street, and you'd hardly know it was there. A lady I asked for directions didn't, even though it was less than a block from her shop. Anyway, most of what's been excavated is a monumental public latrine. A hundred-seater, or close. There were also a lot of exhibits of evey day items from later periods. I enjoyed the needles.
Today we had our first bad meal near the Campodoglio. Last night we went to a fish place recommended by the front desk. We didn't
Order right, but it was good. I had fried baby squid. We've had some surprisingly good food in touristy spots. Yesterday at lunch near the collosuem I had a grilled head of radicchio that was fabulous.
Jo, if they came out, post the pictures Daddy and I sent from the museum.
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We just returned from Santa Maria in Trastevere. Stunning. Then we ran into the Wolfs, very surprising. They have a papal audience for Ash Wed tomorrow.
As in Jean and Frank?
And Frankie, Madeline, and Jeanie. They have an official Papal audience tomorrow.
Is Catholicism waning in Italy, as it is in the US?
Sarah, today is Ash Wednesday, and I saw no ashes, whereas in Rochester I would have. Maybe the practice is different here.
I remember when I first came to the US I was surprised at how visible the ashes looked. In Italy they put allot less.
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