When in Rome...Day 3
“Rome is not like any other city. It’s a big museum, a living room that shall be crossed on one’s toes.” – Alberto Sordi. (Choosing the above quote was easy for today, this day of the most walking: 9.2 miles, 22,444 steps and 19 floors were registered on my cell phone tracking app .) Day 3 - October 2 We started our day by walking to the home/church of Santa Birgitta - now a convent church. No pictures were allowed to be taken inside this beautiful little church, but we did see the nuns in their same habits as what was witnessed at the convent in Vadstena. This is the habit...the nun is made of wax and displayed in Vadstena. Once again, students gave their talks to the others in our group. From here we walked to the square that is considered to be the #2 favorite in Rome after St. Peter's, Piazza Navona. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian (1st century AD) where the ancient Romans went to watch the games. In the...