For our second full day in Rome, it was time for us to stretch out our legs a bit and explore some of the city’s main sights.   Another spectacular day (something that would be a constant through two weeks in Italy) gave us perfect wandering around weather for some exploration.   We were planning on starting with a visit to Piazza Navona but got off our bus a stop too early, made a wrong right turn somewhere and ended up on a bridge to this unexpected, stunning view of St. Peter’s Basilica.  Sometimes misreading a map is a good thing:

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