First Lady Melania Trump Is in Her Element, Playing with Children in Rome Hospital: Photos

By Sofia Lotto Persio On 5/24/17 at 12:06 PM EDT

The First Lady had barely stepped into the library before she got her first selfie request.

Melania Trump in Rome_4 — First Lady Melania Trump Is in Her Element, Playing with Children in Rome Hospital: Photos Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

First Lady Melania Trump seemed to enjoy her visit of the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome on Wednesday, spending time chatting, playing and take selfies with the hospital's international young patients.

Trump met young patients from nine different countries—including Iraq and Nepal—who were among the roughly 600 patients the hospital can accommodate. The first pediatric hospital in Italy, the facility is now run by the Catholic Church but provides completely free health care, as well as housing around 3,500 families. It's also the largest pediatric research center in Europe.

The children broke the ice by greeting the First Lady in unison with a "Ciao Melania!" Without missing a beat, Trump replied in Italian, a language she picked up while working as a model in Milan in her youth. The First Lady had barely entered the room before she received her first selfie request.

Melania Trump receives a bouquet of flowers upon arrival at the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome on May 24, 2017. The first lady will visit a museum dedicated to Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte when she's in Belgium on Thursday. Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù