Today was a lovely sunny day and we strolled to the the courtyard of the Palazzo Mattei which is near us and then to the Crypti Balba -an old Roman theatre complex which was built over in the medieval period and has been beautifully displayed in all its layers. This crypt was not so dark and spooky but still smelt funny. We wandered through the old ghetto area and had a soothing cappuchino and gorgeous chocolate pastry. Luckily we are doing lots of walking! We then started on our Church run - apparently there are 901 churches in Rome so this will be some undertaking. San Georgio in Velabro was superb - complete with Gregorian chanting and ancient columns. San Teodoro was lovely also although the priest needed a bit of prodding to (a) let us in and (b) turn on the light so we could see the 6th century mosiac. The other tourists had walked off in despair - I find one needs to be a little pushy with the priests.
Then we climbed the Campidoglio, had lunch and spent a few hours looking at the museums - full of wonderful ancient sculptures and paintings and glorious views over the forum. We found we soon got marble museum feet though so repaired home for a soothing gelati and a rest.
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