Today Joan and I had a
nice lazy morning by the pool (which was rather chilly) and the spa
(which wasn't any warmer)! Luckily it was a nice warm and sunny day
though, so we hopped in and out of the pool to cool down and then
warm up again.
In the afternoon we
went to visit the Pantheon which was nice; not as ornate as St
Peters' Cathedral, but still aesthetically pleasing (especially the
dome ceiling with it's hole at the top). I wouldn't have been to keen
on visiting when it was raining though!
We wandered around a
few alleys and found an amazing hand made glass bead shop (the owner
even showed us how he makes them), and a gorgeous family run
Gelateria called 'Frigidarium Gelataria Artigranale'. We came across
a winery with free liquer tastings. I loved the Nocciole (hazelnut
flavour), but the Pistacchio and Limoncello were not to my tastes at
all!
Afterwards we went to a
square I had read about, called 'Campo Di Fiori', which had good
markets. However, by the time we got there it was about 6pm and all
of the market stalls had packed up for the day. There were lots of
restaurants around though, so we sat and had a drink and
watched/listened to several performers who were set up in the middle
of the square. There were also several men selling bags and
sunglasses, etc. But who obviously did not have a license to sell
them, and would swiftly pack up their stalls and disappear when any
police were in sight. I'm amazed that they were able to make enough
money for the venture to be worthwhile, considering that they packed
up and ran off so many times!
