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Saturday felt very different considering that we didn’t have class that day. \u00a0In the morning, most of us made our way down to the Bocca Della Verita, the “Mouth of Truth.” \u00a0This was a very exciting tourist destination, as many waited in a long line just to get a picture with the thing! \u00a0The legend of the Mouth of Truth is that a person, usually a prisoner, is told to put their hand in the mouth, and if they tell a lie, their hand would get bitten clean off! \u00a0In reality it was either a fountain decoration or a manhole cover. \u00a0In the church, the Santa Maria Cosmedin, the skull of St. Valentine is displayed.<\/p>\n

We had a few hours for a break and to catch up with our work after that. \u00a0When the break ended, we went to what is now downtown. \u00a0Here we saw many fountains \u00a0sculpted by Bernini and learned how fountains have sculpture that represents a river, and many fountains had large obelisks taken from the Egyptians. \u00a0I always wondered what the Romans did with their pillaged goods. \u00a0The Trevi Fountain, of course, was the most grandiose fountain, but unfortunately it was under reconstruction. \u00a0This seems to be a theme in my travels… first the reflecting pool at DC, and now this! \u00a0I find it to be fantastic though; I can start a collection of water-based landmarks drained! \u00a0If you think about it we are quite lucky. \u00a0Many people know what the reflecting pool or the Trevi Fountain looks like filled with water, but few get to see them the way we did! \u00a0There was still a tiny pool of water to throw coins into, so I did that.<\/p>\n

The Pantheon was not at all what I expected. \u00a0Mass was going on, so we didn’t go inside, but that is besides the point. \u00a0I never in all my life imagined the Pantheon to sit in the middle of bustling commercial streets! \u00a0I always thought it to stand in a meadow somewhere, or on a hill, somewhere secluded. \u00a0Out of the entire trip, this is by far the attraction that stands the most vastly different from what I imagined. \u00a0We went to the Spanish Steps after this. \u00a0They were simply stairs, having nothing to do with Spain save that it once led to a Spanish embassy. \u00a0The building it leads to is no longer a Spanish embassy, so a proper title for the Spanish Steps should be the Steps.<\/p>\n

My Favorite part of the day was when we went into a Filipino church. \u00a0It wasn’t that distinguished, but it appealed to me as someone of Filipino descent. \u00a0The supposed skull of St. Matthew was there, but then again there were two other churches with claimed the same thing.<\/p>\n

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Me after I threw a coin into the Trevi Fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of Bernini’s fountains with an obelisk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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