Future Updates Unkown?: Walking About on a Saturday Afternoon

Buongiorno Tutti!!! Come stai?

Saturday was a very eventful day here in the eternal city. Adam, John and I went adventuring to several site throughout the city that we had never visited before. Our list of places we went was as follows: The Cappuccina Tomba (Cappuccian Tomb), the Trevi Fountain, The Basilica of All Saints, the Victor Emmanuel War Museum, Santa Maria Aracoeli and the Theater of Marcellus. What a beautiful bright and sun-shiny day it was here in Rome. The pigeons were cooing, traffic was bustling and we lived the life of tourists for a few short hours. Truly awesome! Pictures of the Trevi Fountain are pending and the tomb did not allow photos... The tomb was the most exciting and the reason for our trip across the city. It is a church/monastery for the Cappuccian monks (origin of the word cappuccino) that is renowned for their gruesome art in the crypt of the church. They have decorated the interior of their crypt with the bones of previous monks of the order. Roman, Greek and Renaissance motifs have all been fabricated from the bones and skulls of the monks in the order. Fascia, loggia, cornicing, alters and decoration of arches were all fabricated from human bone. It was terrifyingly beautiful and awe inspiring. Some of the more important figures of the order were mummified in the exhibit and displayed upon crypt niches created from the bones of their deceased brethren. Truly a haunting experience that I shall remember for the remainder of my life. The rest of the day was also exciting!