Laura and I were blessed by excellent weather on our trip with the exception of one day: the day we left Venice. I felt as though the sky was weeping along with us as we left that wondrous place. I really didn’t want to go.
Nevertheless, we dutifully boarded a train for Rome. By the time we’d traveled through Florence, the weather had cleared and we had a nice trip through the Tuscan countryside. We arrived in Rome late in the day, found our place and then went for Indian food. While in Italy we not only ate the local cuisine, but had Indian and Chinese as well. Why not? And then after dinner, we encountered an Asian martial arts exhibition in one of the smaller piazzas.
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************The next day, we went to one of my favorite places, the Galleria Borghese, home to the best Berninis in the world. For those of you who don’t know Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s art, well, you have a treat in store. He was one of the most popular artists of his day, and his sculptures are magnificent. The Galleria doesn’t allow photography inside, but it’s a lovely building, with frescoes and other examples of wonderful decorative art everywhere. No surface is left without decoration.
Tourists and locals enjoy the beautiful park in which the gallery is located.
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Then we went to the Spanish Steps, where we got a great view.
We went to the Pantheon and then grabbed some dinner. And that was our first full day in Rome.
