Roma continued

Alessandra and the two oldest are painting a dresser on one of the porches. I am taking some time to finish my blog. Then we will eat supper. Si, then. It is 7. How awesome is that? This way, I will not be hungry when I go to bed. Why doesn't the hwole world do this? I don't know.

Either way, where did I leave off? I believe it was at the Pantheon. We went in to see Raphael's tomb, which was very awesome. There is a book there, that someone was signing, and the German boy told me it was for the redeclaration of a very ancient monarchy, and tourists sign it all the time, not knowing what it is. It's behind a velvet rope and everything. Hilarious.

Anyways, we moved on afterwards to a place that had the original sculptures that are on the Monmumento a Vittorio Emmanuelle II, since they are too old to have up there.

Another thing that is interesting that Nadiva told me was that since all the buildings in Roma are so old, they are all protected, so many buildings are very small and unsafe, but they cannot tear them down to make new ones. Even the apartment buildings. She was looking for a new one.

Anyways, he told me of something happening at 5.30 at Chiest del Gesù, so I would meet him there then. It was about 1. I went to sit in the shade, since it was so hot all the time I was there, and someone asked if I spoke English, so I said yes, and then he asked if I spoke Italian and I said no. He had some papers he could not read. He is from Afghanistan and is trying to get to Canada. He has been travelling Europe for about a year. He said Italy was one of his least favourite places because the people do not seem happy. But he is living in Roma and people are nuts in Roma. I think the people here are great.
Either way, we went to the Colosseo together and sat for some time because I was quite tired from the day. He asked me if I could help him get to Canada, and I said I would see what I could do, but really, there was nothing. He asked me about 4 times and seemed to be nervous. Finally, I said, there is nothing I can do, I can be in Canada, but I cannot get you there by just being Canadian. Finally, he said, You could be married to me. Would you?
Uh.
No, I said, but maybe I can find someone else. He laughed and we walked together for a while, and he double checked that I would not marry him. We walked and saw some places that I do not know the name of because we were a little lost, until I told him my meeting at 5.30 was a date, and I should go alone.
At five thirty, I met the German boy in the Church of Jesus, where, for only ten minutes a day, they show what was once the biggest solid silver statue in the world. It was magnificent. It was Christ in robes covered in gems with a large golden headpiece. It was behind a painting that they VERY dramatically let down with a man speaking Italian about it, and beautiful choral music playing very loudly. It was quite the procession. Apparently, Caeser, I believe, had taken the statue once to have it made into coins. This is a remake, but all the jewels are the original. Also, the worlds largest Lapis Sphere sits above it, representing the world.
We left there after looking at some other art and took off for Gelato, again, the best in they city. And how did I know? There were priests there. Pretty cool.
It was delicious. We then went to the Spanish Stairs and I saw the best view of Roma! The sun was setting and people were slowing down and it was beautiful.
They were setting up for a concert down in the square. It was Tokio Hotel, and the German boy said it was the worst export since Hitler.
we started walking down to the hostel when his group called. They had just arrived in Roma and he was to go meet them. We said Ciao and I went back to the hostel to rest my very tired feet.
Some of my bunkmates were grabbing some wine so I got a bottle and sat with them. They were all very interesting and very fun. At 1, I found out my train to Urbino left at 7.30, and so I went to bed.
I got up at 5, in case something went wrong, and I ended up two hours early for my bus.
Hopefully I will have the interenet on my computer next time and I will be able to put up pictures.
Ciao for now! It is my third day in Urbino and I am feeling good and rested. I think I will go into the centre.