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We accidentally overslept until about 3 pm and woke up to a rainy day. We were planning on visiting the Pantheon and the Colosseum, but decided try going to some nearby museums and possibly a nearby library. Once we got ready and left the hotel with umbrella in hand, we decided to just walk around the local area again because it was just too wet to walk anywhere far away.
We got a late lunch at a nearby restaurant. Sophia and I both got cappuccinos to start, which were excellent. Sophia ordered the lasagna and I got a special pizza with ham, artichoke, ham, and boiled egg. Both dishes were also excellent.
After lunch, we walked around the streets again taking more of the Roman culture. We found a nearby church called Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Lucina. The church was huge and the paintings inside were gorgeous. We were even able to attend a daily mass which was the same as any other daily mass in the U.S. except everything was in Italian. The only major difference was that the priest did not say a homily.
After mass, we made our way back to the hotel and decided to check out the building that was located at the top of the Spanish Steps. Turn out the building was another church called the Trinita dei Monti. We came into the church at the end of a Mass and, unlike the other church, this church had an organ playing for mass.
We came back to our hotel room and decided to plan for the next day. For dinner, I found a nice little cafe down the street which has sandwiches, drinks, and best of all, gelato! I got an eggplant panini, tomato and mozzarella panini, and a cup of pistachio and caramel gelato, which Sophia and I enjoyed in our room.
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