* After breakfast at the convent, we headed out to the Uffizi Gallery Museum. We were there for a few hours, but it would definitively take a day or more to really see everything in the museum. While at the Uffizi, Stephanie presented on two of Botticelli's famous paintings, Birth of Venus and Prima Vera.
* Lunch in the city center, back to the convent to grab our luggage, and a walk to the train station to catch our train to Rome. While on the train, group members journaled, read, painted, played cards, watched the scenery out the window, and napped.
* Soon after we arrived in Rome, we took the subway a few stops from the train station to the Spanish Steps where we could walk the rest of the way to the convent Fraterna Domus where we're staying. We realized that we had arrived at the end of the Roman Marathon - there were crowds in the train station and a few runners finishing the race outside of the train station.
* We had a few minutes to relax at the convent before heading out to enjoy the very cool Castel St. Angelo. There we were able to view some of the rooms in the castle, enjoy the awesome view of Rome, and hang out together and have a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
* We walked back to Fraterna Domus for dinner in their basement level restaurant. Fun fact: the nuns have some of Mr. Stromberg's art work on the wall in their restaurant. Isn't that cool? Our dinner there was fantastic - the food was amazing... fresh pasta, turkey and chicken, salad, and fresh fruit. Everyone was very satisfied after dinner and ready for an evening stroll in town.
* We walked to Piazza Navona and (surprise!) got some gelato for dessert. What will we do when we are no longer in Italy and can't have gelato every night? ;)
Here are some photos for our Sunday:
Views from our walk from Fraterna Domus convent to Castel St. Angelo and at the castle...
More to come on our Monday at the Vatican...!
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