Today we went to an English speaking church that we all really enjoyed. It was the most multicultural church I’ve ever been to. It brought back memories of the church I grew up in as we used hymnals and all the children were called to the front before the sermon for a teaching time just for them before heading off for Sunday school.
After church we went to Piazza Navona where the heart of Rome is.
Then we went to aqueduct park. Our first stop was legitimate gelato. We sure enjoyed our treat and had to eat quickly before the gelato melted. (There is good and bad pizza, pasta and gelato in this city. Unfortunately we didn’t learn that the easy way.)
Aqueduct park was a lovely, quiet outing with a few people scattered around the park, mostly lounging in the shade.
The Romans had much skill and tenacity to build these aqueducts for miles upon miles with a one foot drop every three hundred feet. One of the aqueducts we saw was about 43 miles long.
I asked for their cheesiest smiles.
Leah and I got to do just a little bit of climbing.
There were lots of places to walk over the aqueduct.
Morgan found this spot where we got to play in the water from the aqueduct that still was in use. The water was very cold and the kids loved walking through it as long as they could stand.
Here is Morgan and Leah in front of the inside of an aqueduct.
It was nice to spend an afternoon just hanging out in a park, especially after the crazy crowds at the Vatican yesterday. It still seems surreal in a sense that we are here and that we were able to do things like play in water from a Roman aqueduct and see sculptures and paintings from almost two thousand years ago.