I’m touristing most two-fistedly in Rome at the moment (next stop Florence), which leaves me near to no time to blog, but will give me much material for future Two-fisted Touristing blog posts.

I’ll give you a little taste with an “epic” video I took at the Piazza Navona (well it is longer and covers more territory than the typical tourist video). I didn’t quite know where I was going and how I’d end up when I started filming, nor that the video would begin and also end with the dulcet tones of the dulcimer.

But for a taste of Rome and a bit of sweet insouciance, it is worth the full view.

The photo above and at bottom is of the Fountain of Neptune at the north end of the Piazza Navona. The video will show it only in the background, more concerned with the grander Fountain of the Four Rivers in the center of the piazza.

But first we start with “O Solo Mio” (or “It’s Now or Never”, if you’re an Elvis fan) on the hammered dulcimer, before wandering to the Fountain of the Four Rivers in front of the Church of Saint Agnes in Agony.

The personification of the river Nile can be discerned by the shroud covering the statue’s head (at the time of the fountain’s carving, the Nile’s source was unknown). The other statues depict the rivers Danube, Ganges and de la Plata (but it’s not clear who is supposed to be which).

We (or I) return to the dulcimer playing “My Way”. Ed certainly was wondering where I had wandered off to on my way.

Maybe a kiss will mollify him?