Rome, Page 2 ..
Piazza Navona is dominated by Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s
impressive Fountain of the Four Rivers. One of the statues representing a river has its
hand raised, to block the view from above. Bernini did that so the statue wouldn’t
have to look at the Church of Saint Agnese just across from it, the work of his arch
rival.
In the square, painters and caricaturists sell their work.
Tatooists ply
their trade ..
There's a toy store to end all toy stores ..
A lady
painted in gold stands motionless as stone for hours at a time ..
And more conventional entertainers perform for the coins the audience gives them. Most of the accordion players and guitar players and flutists are pretty bad. However, we watched one clown during dinner who had the crowds giggling steadily.
One
of Rome’s most famous gelaterias, ice cream parlors, is Tre Scalini, on the square.
Their specialty is a chocolate confection called tartufo. Different. Lots and lots of
chocolate.