Trasevere.

I took the bus today to Chiesa Nuova and met up with my friend. Before heading Trasevere we went into Chiesa Nuova and looked at the Rubens for a little bit but then they began mass so we wandered out of the church. We began our Trasevere adventure by walking to San Francesca a Ripa and saw Bernini's The Blessed Ludovici Albertoni. It was absolutely wonderful as always. I didn't spend as much time there as I did the first time I came to Rome. There were more tourist there this morning and less good light. The light in the afternoon is better I think.

Then T wanted to go see Santa Cecila. We wandered over there and saw Maderno's statue of Santa Cecila.



Then we wandered bellow the church where there are excavations of a Roman house which used to be under the church. As well as an underground chapel to Santa Cecila complete with Byzantine-esq mosaics which was under the apse of the church. So cool. Totally worth it. Then we walked back in the sun and it seemed to take forever to get back to school. But it was totally a good morning trip.