Sunday Morning

Its another beautiful day in Rome.This is Judy. Ray was the first one up, and he headed out to the market to get some espresso for the little stovetop espresso machine. Hes working on getting a good cup of coffee, but so far no luck. I wonder why anyone would bother trying when 1 block from where we're staying there are more than a couple of really good coffee bars. For those who haven't been here, the culture in the neighbourhoods is to get up and ready, walk to the coffee bar, order your coffee and have a fabulous pastry, drink it standing up while cavorting with the regulars, and then be on your way. Ray and I went off on our own after our St. Peters tour and had a wonderful day. You can buy a day pass on a double decker tour bus which takes you to all the major sites-the Colloseum, the Vatican, Trevi Fountain,etc.,and you just hop on and off the bus as you wish. We had great fun and did some silly tourist things too. Threw coins backwards into the Trevi Fountain to ensure we would come back some day,had our pictures taken with a fake Roman guard(pretending to cut Ray's throat) and eating wonderful slices of pizza and gelato. I had tiramisu flavored gelato.Mmmmmm... Lovely dinner out last night. Joanne and Ray are cooking supper for us tonight,so they're out at the market shopping. We went ot a local parish for mass, as there was a big mass with cannonizations going on at St.Peters. We figured it would be at least 2 hours long and be really crowded.More news later...