Tuesday and Thursday

Between reading for classes and tours, I've been quite busy lately.   I’ve still been managing to have a good time and to see a lot of the city, although yesterday I didn’t do much more than watch the Merchant of Venice, go to class, and eat pasta (Hannah it’s pretty chewy here :D) Today we went to the Villa Farnese, the Palazzo Farnese, the Palazzo Spada, and the Oratorio del Gonfalone.  Now I’m relaxing a bit and escaping the heat.

 A delicious frappucino! It was like drinking ice cream.

 Here's the church with marble reappropriated from the colosseum

 Me at the Trevi fountain at night!

 Trevi Fountain

Boat fountain at the Spanish Steps

Spanish Steps with Cezanne

 Italian Horse!

 We stopped by Il Fournaio on the way home.  I had an apple tart.

 

 Ricardo breathing the Renaissance air 'across the river'

 Villa Farnese, showing the story of Cupid and Psyche

 Depicting the sky when Augustus was born.  (Hannah-cows)

A Raphael Fresco of Venus being dragged out of the water by dolphins

The Spanish (the sack of Rome) vandalized the city and the Villa, and when restoring the Villa, they decided to keep some graffiti.  They have the cutest vandalism!

Lemon tree!

I had a vegetarian sandwich...

... from this bakery

And then gelato

I look so happy!