THE PANTHEON AND PIAZZA NARVONA: After leaving the Trevi Fountain, we walked through narrow streets and roads to the Pantheon (first two photos above, and the video below). After our photo ops there, we went through more narrow streets, eventually coming to a large plaza called Piazza Narvona. There are churches, public offices, and businesses all around the plaza, as well as restaurants galore, all of which also have outside service. There was also a demonstration of some sort going on, so there was a lot of police presence, noise, whistle blowing, and people speaking on bull horns. Fortunately, they were on the other side of the plaza from us - but we did get an "up close and personal" view when they marched around the edge of the square, chanting and yelling whatever it was they were demonstrating about.
The center of the plaza is dominated by a the Fontana dei Quatro Fiumi, a fountain sculpted by Bernini representing the four great rivers of the world. As we stopped at the first outdoor restaurant we came to, we were greeted by the owner who basically swept us off our feet and to a table over looking the plaza. He bribed us with a free drink and "no table tax or fee". When I spotted spaghetti and meat balls on the menu, I knew I just I had to have authentic Italian/Roman spaghetti and meat balls; DeeDee ordered a spring salad with fresh mozzarella cheese. Both meals were wonderful and the spaghetti and meat balls were the best I have even eaten. I'm sure the spaghetti was freshly made and cooked immediately, none of that dried stuff sitting around in a box for months and months and the meat balls were flavored with local seasonings.
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