Day 16 Borghese Wonders

Day 16

Started with a walk / run through the Doria Pamphilij Gardens near the AAR

 

 

Past some aquaducts

And into the park

Past the gardens

Poor guy lost his leg

For Kevin Plank and our distillery team

Back to the AAR for lunch - Fredye waiting in line with Alice Waters

Then on to the Borghese Museum

 The founder - Scipione Borghese - who was an early patron of Bernini and an avid collector of works by Caravaggio, and of course Raphael. This sculpture by Bernini.

 The main entry hall

 Marble that looks like velvet

 Bernini at work - how did he do this?

 David ready to throw his stone

 Apollo and Daphne by Bernini

 Daphne turning into a tree - shades of Perry G and Pauline C

 Raphael - a small unicorn

 Caravagio using darkness

 

 Walking back through the Borghese gardens

 Goethe's memorial

Back into the City

 Parking done well w a garden on top

 Walking west into the sky

 Towards the........

 .............wait for it.............

 ..............Spanish Steps...............(yes I actually took this picture on my Samsung Galaxy)

 Fredye, still smiling after a long day...........

 into the fashionable streets

 

Back through the city center, found this beautiful little church

 

 

 

 

and ended the day walking past the Trevi Fountain