The sun is streaming in through those hotel windows this morning. It is a welcome sight after many overcast and rainy days. Today we walked to a few more historic sites to help bracket the time period we are interested in. We started in Piazza Novona and looked at the spectacular Four Rivers Fountain by Bernini. We then went and looked at some stunning paintings by Caravaggio, followed the Pantheon, it is truly an amazing building. It is very easy to see why it inspired so many church domes of the 15th and 16th century. Raphael's tomb is located within it too. We then walked to the Trevi Fountain, where everyone was taking group and subgroup pictures. I only managed to get one group photo on my camera; if the students send me theirs I’ll upload them too. We ended at the Spanish Steps and stopped at about 1pm with the rest of the day to ourselves. Some sought out free wi-fi so that they could upload yesterday’s update and then celebrated with Gelato. Yesterday was a long day and tomorrow promises to be also, so it was nice to have a break between, especially on such a beautiful day.
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