TSH and Diva set out on the long day tour from Civitavecchia to Castel Gandolfo - the Pope's summer residence, which is not used by the current Pope. The private apartments were not as luxurious as they had expected but the marble floors were stunning, as was the view across the nearby lake, which sits in the crater of a hopefully extinct volcano. The gardens were very pleasant - as well as trees and some good flower beds, they had a number of ancient Roman features, including a partially-excavated theatre. The whole site is part of the territory of the Vatican and is larger than Vatican City itself. Lunch was a simple affair of bread and local cheese and ham.
There appeared to be many problems with the schedule of the tour and there was a lot of loud Italian interaction (complete with a lot of body language and hand waving) between the tour guides and the apartment guards
and then between the tour guides themselves.
A street seller had a turtle on the top of his head but this was definitely not real.
Diva treated herself to a dessert at dinner - the lemon meringue pie had 15 small whirls of meringue surrounding the small lemon tart.
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