Fun blog to remember today- heavy metal museum day. I'll explain later. The power Trio plus Will meet for breakfast at the corner near Clementine's hotel; same for all, Jake's "english" breakfast with eggs and bacon, still a modest portion by American standards but just perfect for him, eggs as orange as eggs can be while we gals, and Will, sipped and nibbled croissants. The Loyola gang will be ready to leave at 9:30 and, as usual since we've met up with our Daughter we are anticipating another "Catholic School" day as we head this time to the Capuchin museum. Rome is, obviously, perfect for a syllabus hearty in holiness and we're on that. Among other things! The Capuchin's were monks and the reason we care about them is that they saved one another's bones ultimately resulting in the weirdest display I've probably ever seen, of various tableaux such as one featuring "whole bodies" (aka skeletons)in poses and some holding stuff (why can't I remember what right now?) or another utilizing only the femur bones of about a zillion men arranging them in decorative wall patterns or hanging candle holders!!?? What is this and what does it mean! LOL. I have to go right now and find a picture on line to add here. We weren't allowed to shoot, poor Will.
Pictures of the museum interior displays
After this we, as a group (we are with the Loyola contingent for the very last day) walk to Palazzo Berberini, a large, once private home, estate, now museum. The Snow Doctors and the kids, including Clementine enter for the last museum tour of this trip and you can feel the anticipation of the end as they stagger toward the massive entrance. Jake, Will and I wander the grounds, Will is always taking pictures, a Jimmy Stewart-ish looking young man, tall and toting a big camera; I end up with my shoes off, discreetly, in the sun near the fountain. I believe my feet were in pain to my defense. Jake is off somewhere. Finally free of the Loyola yoke (as much as we've really enjoyed getting to know and hang out with them) we head with a new swagger for, what else, a large, longish Roman lunch.
The rest of the day is anticlimactic: work for me and also some for Will back at the condo; Jake did his solo exploring and Clementine had a date to meet up with a dear friend living nearby. Kate is here, also from Loyola Baltimore, for semester abroad, but Rome is Kate's 4 month base while Clementine's been spending her entire junior year in Belgium so Rome this week is "just" a field trip. It's exciting to meet your girlfriend, casually almost, at the Trevi Fountain. And be able to walk there, easily, alone. Next time you see her it'll be on your beautiful Maryland campus, at home. That's cool.
Later Cynthia fusses, but loves it you can tell, making us burritos for dinner. Clementine's in heaven, how did C know it's her favorite stuff? The last night of a now familiar routine of walking Clementine back to her hotel, she'll check out in the a.m. and returning to our room at Cynthia's central Rome condo.
Oh yes - heavy metal museum day: Jake's inside joke resulting from a conversation with a friend who tried describing the Capuchin museum saying it's something like the artwork on a heavy metal album!! Yes, it is.
Night Darling.
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