Today was not such a busy day.  There were just a couple of places left that we had to visit so we had a sleep in and WALKED to two of the churches on our list of “still to do’s”.  Both churches had dead saints’ bodies there dressed in all their regalia with face masks on but body shapes definitely there.  Kathryn said that she is glad each casket is sealed.  Saints Catherine of Sienna and Phillip Neri were the saints.  It was lovely to sit on Vittoria Emmanuel Square drinking tea and eating cakes and paying much less than 28 Euro!!  We then went to the Vittoria Emmanuel tomb of the Unknown Soldier  (100 steps involved again).  It is so different from Australia’s Canberra Memorial.  It is most ornate and from its highest point it overlooks so much of the city of Rome. We decided to bus it home and for once the bus was not crowded.  We are so used to being pushed and shoved in trains and buses and guarding our wallets.  We had a bit of a walk from the stop near St. Peter’s.  This morning on our way we noticed the red curtain had been hung behind the Pope’s altar for Sunday.  We are gong for a walk shortly and will see what other progress has been made regarding the setting up for Sunday.  At 2.30pm tomorrow we are going to the concert and then Pat is taking us to dinner.  Pat leaves after the canonisation on Sunday.  He has been great company and we will miss him.  He is a walking encyclopedia regarding art and  ancient history . (We are very attentinve!!!!) We hope to go to the Canonisation before 7am on Sunday to get a good seat.  Tim Fischer was trying to get all the Aussies in a particular area but don’t know if he succeeded. We haven’t had any tv news since we left home but we buy a British newspaper that is a day old just to get some kind of news of the world.  I try to look at the Courier Mail Web Site if I have time here at the Internet Cafe.  Today I had a phone call from my nephew informing me that he and Deena are expecting twins!! I am very happy for you Scott.

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