Thursday was the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy and as such, it was a pretty important holiday. It is only a national holiday every 50 years so it was pretty nice to have the extra long weekend. Wednesday night most of the national museums were open late and were free (as well as all museums on Thursday) so Kim, Jillian, Will, Adam, Andre, Maria, and I all went to Trastevere around 10 after dinner on Wednesday to the Museo di Roma. There was an exhibit of neorealistic photographs and live opera music. At midnight we heard the fireworks go off but couldn't see them from where we were.
There were apparently a bunch of things happening Thursday in Rome including 150 cannon shots on top of the Gianicolo (where there is also a gigantic Garibaldi statue) but Mama, Papa, and I all went to Napoli instead! There we heard some concerts and saw all the piazzas decorated for the holiday but it seemed a little bit smaller than in Rome. The museums were all free and we saw a lot of families out and about together.
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