Today we took a tour of more churches. My favorite was the Gothic era church we visited. I love that style of architecture. One of my favorite parts of visiting the churches is seeing the huge church organs. I am a piano player, and I have always wanted to play one of those.

We were supposed to see the Pantheon today, but it was closed for mass. We have plans to go back and see it on our last day, if we can.

We got to throw the three coins into the Trevi Fountain. One coin is for a return to Rome, one is to find love, and the third is for a secret wish. The fountain was much more beautiful than I had been picturing. It was a lot bigger than I had imagined as well.

We also got to climb the Spanish Steps. I did not know why they were called the Spanish Steps, but I learned that it is because they are located next to the Spanish embassy.

One interesting part of the day was the shopping. When we separated to wander around the Spanish Steps, the three other girls and I went to the Dior, Gucci, and Prada stores. The security was intimidating.

There were about three employees watching you from any given point in the store. At Dior, one or two employees were following us around the entire time.

The feast day of Peter and Paul was that day, so in the evening we went to Castel Sant Angelo to see the fireworks. We finally found the market, which had popped up alongside the river. There were so many people there to see the fireworks, I could barely move in the crowd. I usually do not like fireworks, because I do not see the appeal, but these fireworks were amazing. Michelangelo knew what he was doing.

After the fireworks we went back to the hotel for the night.