Rome I

Patty, Jose and I got up and went to a whole bunch of places around Rome today.  We had lunch in the Piazza de Campo del Fiore and I had a really great fettucini with truffles - first time having those and they were so good!  We walked around some more - the places are generally documented in my photos.  Then we came back here for a little to take showers (it was kind of warm today) and rest up before going to this concert of famous opera arias that Patty got tickets to at the Pantheon.

From France and Italy 2010

We rushed to get there in time, taking a bus and a train (there are only two metro lines in Rome because of the archaelogical sites), and the concert was very... entertaining.  The singers were generally only OK and the orchestra was crazy.  The violinist tuned to the harp and I knew at that point that it was going to be weird.  Then he was waving his bow around whie they were playing like he was conducting but he was just following them, I think.  He would wave it at the singers like he was tapping them on the head.  It was crazy.

For dinner we ate at this place that used to be the studio of a famous sculptor and they had original plaster "tryouts" all over the restaruant.  I had linguini with lobster which was very good.  We got rushed out because they were closing fifteen minutes after we got there.  It was tasty stuff though.

We walked and did some window shopping and then took a bus home.  A whole bunch of college-aged kids came on to the bus and packed it solid.  And while we were moving, this drunk kid sitting directly across from me started to throw up - thankfully he didn't have anything to eat.... it was just liquid and spit.  Patty and I jumped onto our seats in time and road on the backs until they all got off.  They were, of course, American.