Monday 25th April. Rome



Very wet day

  

The twin churches in Rome

It is Liberation Day in Italy and also Easter Monday so double whammy for us.  The crowds were huge wherever we went and not only that it rained for most of the day.  So on with the raincoats and we jumped on a open top bus tour and headed off to see the sights.  Because of Easter Monday the Pope was having a service at the Vatican so St Peters Square was jam packed. 

St Peters Square at The Vatican on Easter Monday

  Not going there today. We decided to go to the Spanish steps first so jumped off near there and rolled along with the crowd quite a long way.  The steps were absolutely covered in people and flowers. Apparently the azaleas are put on the steps every April to celebrate Spring.  We have been very lucky to see flowers and flags everywhere for the different celebrations.  While we were there a guy dropped down on one knee and proposed in front of everyone (2000+ people).  

The Spanish Steps if you can see them for all the people.

A great roar went up when she said yes.  It was so funny watching the poor girl.  She was quite overwhelmed by it all.  Off we went up the 137 steps and then we went back down.  From there we went to the Pantheon but alas there was a service so we were unable to get in.  So we went down the road in the rain to catch the bus back to our hotel.