Before we go to sleep, I thought I'd jot down the highlights from today. We did our usual walking, viewing, going in and out of churches as the art is so wonderful, and then we came to the Basilica de San Pietro in Vincoli, and there we saw Michelangelo's
Moses (1505). Truly colossal and the subject of much discussion, including Freud's essay
The Moses of Michaelangelo, as Moses sports two small horns, which were inspired by a mistranslation of a biblical passage. The 'rays of light'were translated as 'horns'. Apparently Michelangelo was aware of the mistake, but gave Moses horns anyway. From other stories we hear, the artist was a bit of a bad boy.
And then we went to Alfredo's for lunch. You know....fettuccine Alfredo? Great fun, very expensive but prosecco outside is always worth it, as was the tiramisu.
But the best was.....
Yup. We've just returned from a fabulous performance of Aida at the Rome opera house. The singing was marvellous, costumes for the 70-80 cast members brilliant and the dancing and choreography, include a whirling dervish, was mesmerizing. Truly a night to remember and made very enjoyable by the fact that the subtitles were in English and Italian.
A gelato on the way home and now bed.
Tomorrow, we're back to Montpellier.
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