A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Via dei Fienaroli 

Above is a picture of the apartment and street where we have been staying.  As evident, the Cooking Class of Rome was truly next door. Our rooms are the first four windows on the first floor.  We've seen only a few other people who live here.  One very nice woman rang the bell to tell us we left our keys in the door.  Otherwise, it's quite for city living with soundproof windows.  

Via dell Arco di San Calisto

Around the corner is the street that leads under the arch and onto Piazza Calisto where people gather by the dozens every night to drink, chat and sometimes listen to street performers. It's a place of conviviality.  This piazza is small and adjacent to the much larger Piazza Sant'Maria. 

Jazz at Piazza Calisto

We hung around the neighborhood all day and tried to revisit some of the churches we like.  We managed to get into half.  A wedding and closures prevented entrance to the others.  So, we stopped in the Piazza Santa Maria for an aperitif of both Jewish and Roman prepared artichokes.  It was decided that the Jewish preparation (fried) is preferred over the Roman (steamed).  

This evening we employed our cooking class lesson and made spaghetti carbonara.  Considering our limited space and utensils, the results were very good.  Pictures of the neighborhood are at flickr. 

Observations of two visitors.

    Always say no to the bread and water offers at restaurants. They ain't free.

    

Churches

     Sant'Cecilia

     Basilica San Crisogono