The problem with touring is there are too many tourists! After 10am there is a constant river flow of humans getting in our way. It pays to start very early, which suits us well.
We continued the Shakespearean myth and passed Giuliette's tomb. Apparently that of the real daughter of influential family that is said to have been an inspiration for the story.
We absorbed some of God's rays at the Duomo. 'He' checked his iPad for the last time I attended church and discovered it must have been prior to the invention of the iPad! 😂
We are pretty confident that by the time we leave Rome we will have seen enough churches for this trip.
The Catholics certainly knew how to 'spend' on building impressive and luxurious structures; definitely not the Presbyterian approach.
We also visited the local Roman theatre. Whilst very interesting, you also learn that today's archeologists are far more respectful of historical items (rebuild or replicate) than those immediately following the Romans (pull it down to re-use elsewhere, or cover it over).
Eating late hasn't worked well for us because our NZ time zone bodies are ready to sleep by 9pm so we tend to have a big lunch instead. Today we targeted Veronese risotto (yum).
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