Today we walked to La Bocca Della Verita but didn’t wait in the long line to put a hand in the mouth. At Circus Maximus we saw set up for tonight’s Euro Cup finals (italy vs spain) which will be broadcast live on large screens.

After that, bought tix for the Colosseum at Palatine Hill (the ticket works for Palantine hill, colosseum and roman forum but it’s a much shorter line to buy there vs waiting in line for 2 hours at colosseum in the sun.) D’s favorite part was being up high and finding some “ancient” rocks to bring home. M enjoyed finding “ancient” rocks too and says she liked everything about it.

For lunch, the kids loved their spaghetti carbonara and pasta with pomodoro with large lemon and blueberry granitas to drink.

Sts Cosmos and Damiano basilica was nearby, but closed. Walked by the Forum, saw plenty of Cesar statues, and the kids have counted 125 SPQRs so far.

A short walk to the Trevi Fountain which was crowded and the kids want to return at night to see it illuminated. We refilled water bottles a bunch of times during the day from the public fountains, and it’s so hot the kids have been routinely dumping the bottled water on their heads.

Another round of gelato (menta, nutella, and two amarena) and more walking before reaching the apartment at 4:30p. A long day and the kids were troopers!