Journey Across Italy- Day 6

Day 6- Saturday December 24th

Christmas Eve and our last full day in Rome. We began the day by searching for (and finding!) the statue called the Ecstasy of St. Teresa located in St. Mary della Vittoria. We took a long walk past the Pantheon (about which time we stopped for lunch) and Castel Sant Angelo back through St. Peters’s Square which was empty and mostly blocked off in preparation for Christmas Eve mass. That evening we attended church at our neighborhood cathedral followed by locally made lasagna for dinner.

Sights Seen: Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Pantheon, Castel St. Angelo

Lunch: Taverna del Seminario

Dinner: Take away lasagna from La Molisana, right under our airbnb.

So many random but beautiful churches fountain and monuments and buildings! Don’t even have time to investigate them all.

St. Maria della Vittoria

The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by the renaissance artist Bernini.

Citrus trees everywhere!

“Cinema is the most direct way to compete with God.”

The Pantheon.

Navona Square

Christmas Markets in the square.

Santa!

Fontana del Moro

Castle St. Angelo from across the river.

View of St. Peters from Pont St. Angelo

Walking up to St. Peter’s Square.

Almost Empty Square.

Our “neighborhood” cathedral.