The city by night

We took a tour of main sites in Roma our first night from 6:00 to 9:00. Presto Tours' Ryan provided just the right amount of information and interesting tidbits about Rome's history and current culture. Highlights included Campo di Fiori, Piazza Nuvono, Trevi Fountain, Victor Emanuel monument, the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps.

The Pantheon glowed earily and tops my list of favorites of the night. At the bottom lies Victor Emanuel, in my opinion a vainglorious hodgepodge.

I hadn't realized how "recent" the unification of Italy took place--the late 1800's. Nor that Italians do not talk about World War II. The Italians have permanently sealed the door to the balcony in Piaza Venezia that Mussolini spoke from. Noone would speak from that balcony and risk any association between themselves and Mussolini.