Thanksgiving Rome Style

Yesterday we had a huge thanksgiving meal, it was quite the spread. There was tons of turkey, stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, all kinds of salad and lots and lots of pie. I started the morning with a trip to Saint Peter's since I had missed the Pietra the first time I went. Its a sculpture by Michelangelo which depicts Mary holding the body of Jesus. The details are supposed to be incredible, but they don't let you close enough to really examine it.


Afterwards I helped make a couple apple pies for dinner that night. I had never made an apple pie before, but I think they turned out well. Both were gone by the end of dinner. I also made some creamed corn for the occasion, since its not thanksgiving without creamed corn. During dinner they played a slide-show complied from all of our pictures. By the end of the night everyone was in a food coma.


Due to the massive amounts of food eaten, a few of us decided to go on an evening walking tour of Rome. The first stop was the pantheon, although we got distracted by San Ivo along the way.

Eventually we made it to the Pantheon, but it had closed about 1/2 hour before, so we hung out in the portico for a bit before making our way to the Trevi fountain.


We accidentally overshot the Trevi and ended up at the Spanish Steps, so we had to backtrack a bit. I have to say the Trevi is much better at night, because during the day there are tons of people. It was still crowded at night but you could actually move around and get to the front of the fountain. We all threw coins in behind our backs like good tourists so technically we should all return to Rome now.