No - I'm not going to bring up Berlusconi - he loves the attention - today is a focus on some more fun which is happening in Rome right now.
June 1 and 2 - If you're a Today Show viewer, you know this already. Today and tomorrow, the Today Show boys are in Rome for an exclusive interview with Il Papa. As Wednesdays are the days for regularly scheduled Papal Audiences, they had the opportunity to attend a Papal Audience, and to personally meet the Pope. Tomorrow morning, during the Today Show, they're going to have an interview where they tour the private residence, the Vatican Gardens, and have the opportunity to see a day in the Papal life.
Having visited both the Papal Gardens in Vatican City AND the gardens at Castel Gandolfo a few times each, I can promise you that you'll want to enjoy the beauty of the Vatican Gardens! There are even reconstructions of a few sacred sites throughout the world . . . it's VERY cool.
June 2 is also the equivalent to our July 4 - the Festa della Repubblica - they celebrate the day they chose to unite Italy as a republic. This was pretty recent - 1946 - when Fascism fell - they were voting whether to become a monarchy or republic - thank goodness the latter option won! They do fun stuff, much like our July 4th celebrations - green/white/red everywhere, flying jets over the city with colored jet streams, etc. If you search around online, you'll find pictures of the various celebrations!
Have a fantastic week, and congrats to everyone finishing another successful academic year this week!
un' abbracio,
Laura :)
P.S. Want to talk about the opportunity to attend a Papal Audience? I will be posting our tentative itinerary for the March 2012 trip next week, and Wednesday is our day we head to Siena. Thus, if any adult chooses to stay in Rome for the Papal Audience, he will have to deal with his own transportation to Siena and to the hotel that day (which I can help you schedule, but it's not as nice as our private bus which SPI plans for us!).
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