Religious Poundland ~ 26th March

So today we went into Rome again, and I have to say I enjoyed it a lot more this time with about 98% less selfie stickers and 100% better weather. But unfortunately my esteemed Fathers' phone had decided to not work on this particular day, after an unexpected caper with a natural downpour of early morning rain whilst running. As a result of this entanglement I had to be the guide. So I quickly responded to this terrible shenanigan by downloading my own map of Rome on my phone. Tentatively I directed our party to the right place to get off and we headed off. First we went into Campo de' Fiori, and in reasonable time too as the bus decided it might as well come this time. My parents got their own coffee mugs and my Dad decided, of all the colours to get, what he was insisting was 'Franciscan Brown'. We then went and got pizza. It was very nice And we were particularly pleased when our delicacy arrived that we had gone for the no. 15 chip pizza with: Tomato, Mozzarella, Basil and soft French Fries. So yeah it was very nice.

Then we went to the Jewish Ghetto. At least it was a Jewish Ghetto, I think, because it didn't look like a Ghetto. In fact it looked quite nice. You could easily spot the Jewishness by the kosher shops and deep fried artichokes. I bought a postcard, it wasn't exactly a major event but it happened. We then moved onto more religious ground when we stumbled up to San Ignasio and looked round the massive church. Following along the religious theme we managed to pass a shop selling priesty things, which my Mum found particularly amusing. Just round the corner we saw another priest shop and watched two nuns walk in excitedly and my Mum said 'Look, its a religious tat shop' which was of course immediately responded by 'I didn't know you could get €100 gleamingly golden chalices in pound land' after this little escapade we once again put our faith in my phone (and by extension me) to guide us to the bus. But we did stop for a doughnut on the way as we didn't get pudding in the restaurant.

~Zach~