Roman Mornings

In the morning, Bill and I do our sightseeing.

The mornings were hot this summer. That's me, clinging to the shade, climbing the steps of the Vittoriano.

Relief from the heat within the thick walls of the Capitoline Museum / looking down the steps of Santa Maria in Aracoeli from the top of the Capitoline Hill.

Looking up the pitiless stairs of the Aracoeli / Testing my phone camera on Bernini's Bridge of Angels by putting the sun behind the statue's head.

Must ask at this shop what DOP means. / Must be Laika, the first dog in space.

Workers in white. "Lares", on the back of the t-shirt refers to the ancient Roman household gods. How cool it that? / Army of nurses in this year's Festa della Republica parade

Nice tank from the Festa della Republica  / We think capercaillie feathers on the helmets.

Army of tourists on Via Condotti. / Locals on Via del Corso. 

Detail of the famous Turtle Fountain in the Jewish Ghetto. / The basket has a watermelon, greens and artichokes.

Carabinieri station between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon / A step away from Piazza Navona on our way to the lively Via dei Coronari. 

Juno fountain on the corner of the Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) on the Quirinal Hill / Entrance to Borromini's must see San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.

Courtyard of Borromini's San Ivo della Sapienza / and the cupola within. Church open from 9 to 12 every Sunday.

Sign on the side wall of Sant'Andrea della Valle / Vaulted ceiling of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. 

View of the altar from the nun's choir in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere / On the ground floor in one of those side aisles in S Cecilia -- view toward the gift shop.

Priest in San Andrea delle Valle / Saint Anthony and the Christ child seem to be discussing him but they are across the river in the church of San Crisogono.

Visitors to Rome have been lining up to look at Caravaggio's Calling of Matthew / Inspiration of Matthew in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi since 1600.

Annibale Carracci's "The Bean Eater" (c 1584) in Galleria Colonna. / Caravaggio's "Judith Beheading Holofernes" (1599) in the Barberini.

Guillaume and Paulo of Spazio Nuovo showing us a work by Andrea Poerio Piterà / Tomatoes with Riccardo Ajossa and some of his new work (photo by Guillaume Maitre)

Baths of Diocletian / Sculpture by Nicola Verlato in "Hostia" a Pasolini Centenary show.

River god detail in Bernini's famous Four Rivers fountain in Piazza Navona / Hair and beard in the style of the Emperor Hadrian, c 130 AD, Museum of Rome in Palazzo Massimo.

Trastevere streets: face of Hedy Lamar on the left.

Trastevere detail

Roman workshops: Trastevere / Parione

Vintage clothing store on our beloved Governo Vecchio. 

Butcher at the Governo Vecchio Carrefour Express / Workman near the Frutteria Antica delle Coppelle market.

And did we mention the hot, hot heat? Romans we met were not happy with it. Except our server on Governo Vecchio who said, "I love the heat."