Italy 2006- 7.2

Piazza Novona, probably the most touristy but still the coolest public space in Rome. This is where, in the words of my friend Jerry Jeter, one goes to get gelato faced. We are saving the gelato for later, however we did sit at the café Bernini and indulged the house wine. They were setting up for some sort of holiday market, and I am sure come tomorrow evening we could buy all sorts of Christmas gift type stuff of the cheesy variety. Despite this, the cafes, the people, the artists on the piazza all make it one of my favorite places in Rome. We simply aren’t used to this type of space in the US, and it is a shame.