Wine at the Trevie Fountain

After the tour of the "Parco della Musica", Diana, Laura and I headed on a quick hunt for lots of the bigs things to see in Rome. We took the metro to Via Veneto, a street where all the famous people used to hang out and of which we talked about in class. Then we ran to the Spanish steps, which had these large concrete things on them. They were some sort of demonstration that just didn't belong there. After that we ran to the Trevie Fountain. Diana really wanted pictures of all of these things in the day time, so that is why there was so much running.

Well, the Trevie was our last stop and we met up with some people there and decided that we all deserved a break after a long day. We went back to the hotel and everyone came and hung out in our room and we had some girl time. (You know, we chatted about the boys we like, etc..haha)

Anywho, after girl-time we went out to supper. We went to a cute little restaurant and had some more great food and bonding time! Then (this is where the title of the post comes in) we got some wine and went and sat by the Trevie Fountain and drank our wine. It was so relaxing and fun; definitely something that doesn't happen everyday! After an hour or two we headed back to the hotel and hung out in the guys room for a while.

(Hint: the next paragraph is quite boring and lists museums/villas/artists we saw on Saturday morning. Feel free to skip it!)
The next day, it was up early to visit the Cancelleria where we got to see Giorgio Vasari's room of 100 days (someone we studied a bit) and a cool exhibit of Leonardo Da Vinci's machines. Then, we headed to the suburban Villa Farnesina which had a hall painted by Raphael. We had a bit of time off where we ate lunch and walked around until we headed back to the hotel to get the bus to go to the Villa Borghese. This Villa was also filled with artwork; a lot by Micheangelo called Carravaggio (not the Michelangelo Buonarroti with whom we are all familiar! ;)) and a temporary exhibit comparing Caravaggio and Bacon. As someone who doesn't appreciate, or understand, modern/contemporary art, I was more interested in teh Caravaggio. Italian has truly taught me how to appreciate/like Renaissance Art. I never thought I'd say/write that!!!

After the Borghese we got on the bus and headed home. At the Villa Corsi Salviati (our villa) we had a lovely supper cooked by Bruno then broke apart from each other and skyped/facebooked/looked at pictures, etc.

Rome was such a fantastic trip and I'm so glad that I'm going back for ten days; it'll be great!

Also, I failed to mention all the times that we got gelato in Rome. I hadn't had it since before fall break, so we accidently binged a bit in Rome...oh well......