Downtown Rome

 After a morning endowment session and some time performing sealings, we decided to go downtown on the bus. It was pretty easy to navigate our way there even though it was sprinkling. Here is Paul going through the gate called Porta del Popolo. It was surreal. I had a hard time not taking photos of everything.

The Piazza del Popolo has three roads emerging from the center. Our choice was the one to the right: Via di Ripetta.

As we walked through the city, we saw so many cute shops, artist boutiques, and delicious food. The age of the buildings changed every 30 feet. And we we shocked when the Pantheon came into view.

Since we didn't have time to go in and look around, we kept walking. Next we found the Trevi Fountain.

The rain was really keeping people away and we were able to go right to the front for a closer look. We then walked to the forum and around many ruins. The Altar of the Fatherland towered over everything.

In about 4 hours we were able to see most of the exterior sites, though not in-depth. We even found a fabric shop with some DMC floss that I needed. The gelato was nice because we were able to sit down. I loved this clam shell design on this window. If you have to put bars on the window, you might as well do it with style.