On our last full day Janelle and I decided to focus solely on what the kids wanted. In the Morning they wanted to sleep in and hang out with Nana, so we obliged. We went to the Roma Museum, in an attempt to squeeze in one last museum. Thanks mom and dad for instilling an unreasonable affinity towards museums, now all I want to do in a new city is visit the local "protector of muses". This particular one is full of ancient Roman statues, mosaics, and frescos. Janelle thought we had seen enough renaissance church art and need to mix it up. Most of the statures are Roman copies of Greek originals, it seems that Hollywood was not the first to repeat what worked before.
After our early morning date, Janelle and I picked up Nana and the little ones. We went to an out of the way place, Explora Il Museo Dei Bambini Di Roma, the children's museum. This is what I imagine the children's museum in Denver should be. There are no instructions for the children just a lot of cool stuff for them to explore and play with. The only rules were for the parents and that was, let the kids make their own decisions. It was like a giant Montessori play house. My kids loved it.
The next request was a bus tour. So we used hopped on a double decker bus with no roof, and off we where. Here are a few highlights.
After a very disappointing meal at a place that we picked last night, I asked our pregnant hotelier were to eat, and boy did she send us to the right place. We had one of the best meals of the trip, Lydia even flirted with the waiter. Lesson learned, always ask a local. Then we had our last gelato.