After a good night sleep, everyone felt better today. After a great breakfast, we walked one block to Mass at a church with a long name: Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri!
From there to Saint Peter‘s Square where we got in line for the security. Our two guides Liz and Daniele took our group on a short tour inside the basilica. Unhappily, much of the interior is covered up for restoration in preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025.
From there, we had lunch in cafes and ristorantes and then descended into subterranean Rome under the Church of San Clemente. This is one of my favorite churches because it contains the bones of my heroes, two of the courageous Apostolic Fathers — St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Clement of Rome.
Then on to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum before going out to L’Archeologia for an unbelievably elegant dinner.