We got up this morning and hopped the bus and metro into the termini station. It looked all sunny and promising so we didn't take our rain gear. We went to the National Museum of Rome. Actually, there are at least 4 or 5 National Museums of Rome in Rome that cover various sections of time. The one we went to today covered the "antiquity" so there only art from BC to a few years AD. A large portion of the art was from Pompeii.
Incredibly, there were parts of walls to entire walls and some which were close to full rooms where they were able to "skin" the plaster artwork from the brick wall in usable shape and transfer it to walls which were then installed in lifesize rooms in the museum. After having been through Pompeii the other day and wondering what it must of looked like in it's heyday it was really cool to see the actual detailed paintings from the walls and mosaics from the floors. (There were many intact or close to intact mosaics.) The residents of Pompeii were obviously very artistic.
After the museum we went and had lunch near the museum. It was interrupted by a mad dash inside to escape the rain. Fortunately we were eating at an off time so the restaurant could accomodate us. We had lunch and dessert and I converted Jacob into a tiramisu fan. By that time the rain and quit and the sun and humidity were back out.
We hopped the metro two stops and went back and took some sunny photos at the colloseo including a couple to prove that both John and I were on this vacation together. LOL A nice American couple took a couple of family photos for us. Then we walked down into the part of the forum we missed. We still didn't get through all of it as it is HUGE and it was starting to look rainy again but we got some nice photos. Can't wait to get them all loaded to the website. So much better than putting them all onto slides and then inviting all your friends over and boring the crap out of them. LOL
Well, it's only 4:30pm but sadly we're back already. Time to pack up and get ready to head out in the morning. Gabriele has arranged to have a car service pick us up at 6:30am. (Ugh!) He will be here too to pick up the keys. We have to show him a couple of places where the roof is leaking too. He's taken over the rental business on this place since his brother Stephano had a motorcycle accident last July. Stephano is now a parapalegic and is still in between the hospital and rehab. They're both very nice though.
Gotta run but the next time I write, I will probably be "Back Home Again, In Indiana."
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