Jan Visits Rome - The Eternal City


My sister and I in front of The Trevi Fountain, which is the largest and most most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome.	Another picture of The Trevi Fountain, which is an extremely popular tourist attraction.

We also visited Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins), which has a Capuchin Crypt that displays the bones of over 4,000 Capuchin friars, collected between the years of 1528 and 1870. The bones are displayed in all kinds of decorative ways, and it was all rather freaky. We were not allowed to take pictures, but the displays reminded me of our mortality. As was stated in front of some skeletons: "What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you will be." It has a politically incorrect ring to it now, but it is nevertheless true (a characteristic of many politically incorrect statements).	Ahh, though there supposedly is nothing called Italian food, the cuisine in Rome was delicious. Although it was very warm in Rome, we enjoyed both the food and the gelatto. However, I must say that the Japanese make even better Italian food than the Italians do themselves.

The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome. It has spent over a thousand years as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum providing excellent views of Rome.	A view from the Castel Sant'Angelo of the Basilica of Saint Peter.