Primo Giorni in Roma

Walking down into the piazza in front of one of the oldest standing buildings in Rome. So far the most astounding I have seen yet.

This place is too much for words. The food, people, and architecture here are amazing. I wish the pictures could do a justice. Here are a few I have

taken already, and more are to come.

This is a sun dial about a block away from Compo dei Fiori on the side of a building. Its accurate even in the winter to about 20 minutes.

Compo di Fiori:

This is what I see looking out my windown in the afternoon. The piazza is filled with tons of people thoughout the day. In the morning around 6 am the vendors start setting up tents and filling them with some of the freshest food you can imagine. They make way in the afternoon for the resturaunts and bars to start setting up for the night. Then the piazza is filled with singing gypsies and people strolling around buying tons of gilato. A picture of the Gilato mountains is on its way. Americans think they know ice cream; they have no idea.

The oculus of the Pantheon. This is a site that takes your breath. I must of stood there at the door for ten minutes in awe realizing where I was. The transformation this place has undergone is mindboggling. You can see through the buildings age how the surrounding neighborhood has evolved around it and it has changed along with it.

Giordano Bruno

A brief history: He was one of the first to suggest a seperation of church and state in italy. People were so enraged at the notion they burned him at the stake right here in Compo di Fiori. Later after he was dead someone said, "hey, maybe he had a good idea." Then they built this statue to commemorate him.

Our apartment is on the right side three stories up.

I will post more pictures later. Right now my stomach is tellin me to go and eat some more delicious food. Hopefully I'll find a better medium to get my pictures to you quicker.

Thanks,

John