Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Villa Borghese


I know its been a while since ive posted a blog so I apologise and am trying to update this page with all my pictures that i have. A couple of months ago, mom, dad and I had planned to take a day trip out of Rome to visit some friends of ours who have a house in the country. However, the traffic was so bad on the ring road around Rome that we decided to give up and go into the city instead. It was a beautiful day, so we decided to walk around Villa Borghese, a gorgeous park in the center of Rome. I had not been there for quite a while, so it was great to just wander around, taking pictures like real tourists. We stopped along the way at a local bar in the park and ate some "panini" or sandwiches for lunch and got a great view of Rome. The Zoo of Rome is actually located in this park, along with some other sites such as "Galleria Borghese" which houses some fantastic art work from sculptures and paintings by Raffaelo amongst others. For those of you who visit Rome, i would highly recommend a walk through this wonderful park, its a great break from the chaos and traffic of central Rome.