Gelato on Saturday Afternoon

Closing and opening times of shops, museums and restaurants in Rome are somewhat challenging to learn to the new comer. Some shops are open straight through at set hours from morning till night (the newer shops...more "modern"), while others stick to the old ways opening sometime in the morning, closing in the middle of the day, and then reopening at night. Then others open from Tuesday through Sunday, closing on Monday, while others are closed mid-day on Saturday, and others all day Sunday. Since posting hours is not necessarily done systematically, it is a "hit or miss" experience going to small shops, especially on the weekends. So, today when we decided to go to a shop to purchase Richard a new watch, we were disappointed to find that not only was the shop closed, but it had no hours posted. After the initial disappointment, we decided to go to a kids park to show Daddy. This beautiful little kids park has a lovely playground set against the wall that our house is near (see photo!). Today we learned that chasing pigeons at this lovely little park is by far more exciting than playing on the kids play equipment. Izzy was on a pigeon hunt, trying to catch a big one (read this like you would read the "Going on a Bear Hunt" book)....Bubbie was trying to catch one to help it and take it to his veterinary. After 20 minutes of terrifying the pigeon population in this little park (helped by others in the "under 5" crowd), Izzy let me know she was too sweaty to catch one. When asked if she wanted some gelato, she said...."Since I couldn't catch a pigeon, I guess gelato will do".....(see next picture).