We started our day with class once again! After class we decided it would be fun to try and find a gluten free Italian restaurant for Callie. This turned into an ordeal, we waited for the bus that was supposed to take us to the area of the restaurant. We ended up waiting about an hour because we were standing in the wrong place for fifteen minutes, then the next bus was late and didn't come for forty five minutes! Once we got to the restaurant it was closed. We were all starving so just found the next restaurant walked in and sat down. Then God stepped in! The waiter told us they had gluten free pasta so we all got to eat pasta in an air condition restaurant with the best waiter ever. His name was Francisco, he gave us free ice cream and taught us some Italian.
He even took this photo for us:
We took a taxi from the restaurant right to the base of the Pantheon. As we walked in I was shocked by the size of the dome. The basilica is very large and its interesting to see how an ancient pagan building can be adapted into a catholic church.
It was time for the Trevi Fountain, unfortunately the fountain is undergoing some maintenance so we could only see parts of it. It was very disappointing to miss out on our Lizzie McGuire coin flipping moment, but it was nice to see the area.
As we made our way towards the Spanish Steps it began to rain. Unlike most people I absolutely love rain, so walking in the rain without an umbrella was really magical for me. We got a little lost on the way to the steps and found a huge park. There was lightning in the background and huge roman trees everywhere:
We eventually learned that in order to get to the Spanish steps we had to walk through the metro station. We found the steps and walked to the top, and snapped some pictures with the rain clouds in the background. Then we just wandered around and explored for a while.
It was really beautiful to see horse drawn carriages reflecting into the wet streets:
Cal loving the rain:
I just love spinning in the rain:
We were all getting a sweet tooth so we found a local bakery famous for it's tiramisu. Once again God helped us out and as we walked in there was a sign for gluten free tiramisu. We grabbed dessert, sat in the square and people watched.
While we stuffed our faces we saw a beautiful red dress in the Puchi store. It had a very familiar feel and a few seconds later I realized it looks just like the Salsa dancer emoji!
Cal got a picture posing like the emoji:
Then we headed home on the metro, showered and headed to bed. I'm so happy that we finally had a really enjoyable day in Rome. The rain cooled us off and we saw some amazing sights. I hope you enjoyed our 23 day in Europe only 8 days left!
<3 Morg
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