Italy 2018: Rome day 2 - a lunch on the river & highlights revisited

Wednesday, 6 June 2018: another day in Rome

Starting at the Piazza del Popolo with the St Maria del Popolo; a church packed with art, among them the famous paintings of Caravaggio.

grave stones in the church

Caravaggio's Crucifiction of Peter

detail

the conversion of Paul

kneeling skeleton in the Chigi chapel

Bernini

Piazza del Popolo with the obelisk

and sphinx on the wall

We walked to our lunch address,'Baja', a boat on the river Tiber, info received from Monique, who takes guests there and loves the place. It's indeed a lovely place. We sat near the river and enjoyed food, drinks and view.

lovely wine: Fano di Avellino by Feudi di San Gregorio.

yummie antipasti

lots of rowers passing by

It's getting bloody hot and after lunch we slowly walk away from the riverside taking a bus to Piazza Navona. Phew, it's super crowded here with tourists from all over the world.

After Navona we visited the Pantheon (no pictures) and then the only Gothic church of Rome; the St Maria sopra Minerva. This church is truly packed with art.

amazing fresco's by Lippi

On the square in front of the church there is an obelisk on an elephant sculpture made by the workshop of Bernini. In the back, part of the Pantheon is visible. 

The victory column of Marcus Aurelius on the Piazza Colonna

Ending this day with posh drinks near the Via del Corso 

(opposite Cos, which was a tip of Monique, cool place, although I didn't buy anything).

my feet hurt of all the walking.