After a much needed night of sleep, we headed out. Stopped at a pastry shop for huge croissants. Catching a bus was a little challenging as there is a strike and only limited service. We chose to do a Rick Steves self guided walking tour of the 'heart of the city'. Passing the colosseum by bus we got a glimpse of the throngs of fellow tourists who will share the streets of the 'eternal city'. Our walk started at a street market in Campo de' Fiori where Esther and Camie found a linen clothes shop and purchased some skirts and a dress. We walked by a lot of obelisks, piazzas and churches, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain with its crazy crowd, and finally the Spanish Steps. We hung around the Spanish Steps for a couple of hours, finding dinner and watching the sunset over the city. A first ride on the metro subway brought us exhausted back to the apartment. Our casualties of the day were Camie's swollen ankles and Esther's sandal blisters.
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