Thanks for talking to me, Cote! The Roman pantheon was an inductive pantheon, meaning the Romans tried to subsume the gods of any religion they came across into their gods. Minerva ate Athena, Sulis, and likely many others, probably as a way to draw connections between the Roman religion and any religion they came across by saying “We’re actually worshipping the same god!”
Anyways, this hotel lied to me.
I wake up, brush my hair and teeth, get dressed, and zombie out of my room. The first thing that I eat at the buffet downstairs, bacon, tastes wrong. And it just keeps happening. The croissant is toxically sweet. The carrots are boiled (that was fine though). And then, in my hour of such sorrow, mom gets me some hot chocolate. I drink it, suspecting nothing.
It’s coffee.
I drank coffee for breakfast.
Irrelevant of what it was, it was bitter and disgusting, so I ran off to drink some water.
It’s sparkling water.
And then, at the end of the meal, I try to wash my hands, but there’s nothing but body wash for hand soap!
Nothing in this hotel is honest.
Anyways, we went on tour next. We saw the Circus Maximus, heard about Italy’s church v state issues, and saw at least three things named after Mazzini. I learned that SPQR stands for Senatus PopulusQue Romanus! There were beautiful madonnas on nearly every street corner too. There were sometimes pieces of ruins in buildings!
We went to the Vatican City as well. I got gelato, and that was about it.
For supper, we went to a fun place where every ~5 minutes, some performers came out and sang opera. It was a little weird, but also funny.
Good night, and see you tomorrow!
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