Fresco From 1775 on Ceiling @ Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
We had 1pm reservations at the Museum at Villa Borghese (Galleria Borghese), so we hit the road around 11am to start walking over. We wandered the streets in the general direction towards Villa Borghese and eventually got there a little before 1pm. We grabbed a salami and cheese sandwich and an espresso at a small stand in the park and hung out for a little bit before heading into the museum. We entered the museum at 1pm, and had two hours to explore everything we could. We got an audio tour which was super helpful except for the fact that we got turned around in the beginning and started listening to the wrong audio in the first two rooms before we realized we had reversed the rooms that we were supposed to walk through. For awhile there we thought we were terrible at looking at paintings and sculptures, but it was pretty obvious when the audio said 'now look at the center of the room and you will see a sculpture' and there was no sculpture in the middle of the room. We got back on track and the museum was amazing! Our favorite sculpture was the one of Apollo and Daphne.
Apollo e Daphne @ Galleria Borghese
After the museum we tried to find a place to eat, but many things were closed since it was Sunday. We wanted to try Pinsere, but found it was closed so we settled for a place across the street due to hunger setting in. We both had our first pasta of the trip and shared a prosciutto and melon as a starter. From there we walked home for some rest since we had done a lot of walking already on our first day and were still a little messed up from our flight. After some rest we went out for some dinner at a place called Tram Tram. We found this place listed on Eater and it seemed like it would take us to a different part of town. We walked there around 7pm, and enjoyed a great meal. We had three dishes: Fava Bean Puree w/ Dandelion, Spaghetti w/ Anchovies, and Pasta w/ Eggplant. We took a different path home since our route there got a little sketchy and it didn't seem like a great way home once the sun set.