Thursday was the last real day we had in Rome, as Friday we departed early in the morning. We started the day by, yet again, heading to St. Peter's Square. Is there any better way to start any morning? We wanted to see the inside of St. Peter's again, first of all because you can never see it too many times, and second, because when we went on Saturday it was full of chairs, and most of the nave was roped off. They set the chairs up for Midnight Mass on Christmas, and leave them up until Epiphany, because both feasts have Papal Masses. To our joy, the chairs were down, and we were able to walk freely about.
As we were sitting in the square, Maria decided to make friends with a woman who was feeding the pigeons. There were hundreds of birds flocking around her. While the woman liked the birds around her, she disliked them perching on her arms, and quickly learned that if she pointed her umbrella at them, they would scatter. Well, Maria found this a much more fascinating game than simply chasing the pigeons, and the rest of the morning was spent pacing up and down with an umbrella under her arms, standing guard against the pigeons.
We then walked to Campo de Fiori, and the Piazza del Teatro di Pompeo (in which theater Julius Caesar was assassinated). Today, the Campo de Fiori is a produce market. Next was Santa Maria in Trastevere, the first church dedicated to Our Lady. It was built in the 4th century, when Christianity was legalized.
Dinner was at Dino and Tony's, one last time. The evening was spent packing and preparing for our trip home.
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