Rome Day 3

Villa Borghese...enough said! The absolute highlight of our Rome trip. We couldn't get enough of the Bernini sculptures and Caravaggio paintings, not to mention the fact that they were housed in a beautiful, ornate palazzo. As we stood in front of the Daphne and Apollo Sandy turned to me at one point and said "I've never been in awe of anything like this before." The way that Bernini captured the movement of Daphne's flight along with the details of her transforming into a tree were simply mesmorizing. Everyone is still talking about her fingertips turning into the leaves. WOW!

We hung out a lot in the park of Villa Borghese which was a nice relaxing break from the craziness of the city.

ONE OF THE MANY FOUNTAINS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT VILLA BORGHESE


NOAH IS SUCH THE LADIES MAN! WE PUT HIM DOWN FOR 2 SECONDS AND HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED.


ANTONIO PREPARING FOR HIS DIESEL SHOOT


BRADY AND NOAH


After lunch we all met up for more activities. First we went to the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione (aka Bone Church) where students got to see the innately decorated crypt of the Capuchin monks who used bones as a macabre reminder of life and death. Antonio continued his tour of Caravaggio with an even larger group then the day before and they headed to Palazzo Barberini. Lindsay also took a group to the Street of the Artists which was once extremely famous for its contemporary art galleries.

LEXI, SYDNEY AND KIM MEETING IN FRONT OF THE FOUNTAIN OF SANTA MARIA IN TRASTEVERE


For dinner we all headed to Trastevere and had nice long traditional Italian dinners in small groups. Afterwards we met up and went to the Isola Tibertina Festival and enjoyed the outdoor nightlife of Rome.