Roaming around Part II

North to Piazza Navona city centre! A great fountain and an unlimited amount of art vendors surround by restaurants and colourful gelato.

The fountain at Navona, if you google this fountain you will find yourself staring at the  very eccentric statues that take residence within this area.

After mooing around the mecca of art stalls, we found ourselves thinking of what to do next. The excellent thing about Italy is the fact that it seems like there is a never ending amount of things to do, see and learn about. Whipped out our Roma map that we got with our very handy Roma Pass that has a list and number of all the touristy locations, mapped out our route  (through the windy back streets) to the Pantheon.

We literally walked around the corner and there it was. This massive building right in front of us.

Inside the Patheon. There is lots to say about this place, but lucky for us it was open when we arrived. Danny had read online I believe it was trip advisor that you can't trust the opening times in Rome and they were right since this place was suppose to be closed. (Also if you're wondering what they do about the rain, given that there's a big hole in the roof, then the floor directly below it is roped off and has drains built into it. Smart guys, those Romans.)

The thirst was driving Danny a bit mad (hey, I thought it was time to take a moment with some Italian beer, it's not like Peroni is really popular or anything), we wanted to give our feet a rest since we hadn't sat down in what felt like ages. Achy and very dehydrated we tried to find a patio to sit and people watch, to no avail since there were table charges and a beer was gonna cost us 6 Euros each. The weather was nice enough so off to a corner store to pick up some drinks and take a nice stroll over to the Trevi Fountain. (It's very nice that you can get a take out beer and wander around with it in the middle of the day, and no-one really cares.) Such a beautiful location in Rome, one of my favourites for sure. We sat down enjoyed our drinks and did a sketch of the fountain. A place that I definitely recommend visiting.

The guy on the left is totally punching the horse, whilst the guy on the right is leading his horse whilst enjoying a delicious Italian croissant. The guy in the middle is just chillin' inside his giant clamshell. Who wouldn't?

Wow we did a lot this day, read on PART III! (No wonder we needed to sit down.)