Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Villa Doria-Pamhilj

This past Monday, June 23rd, our small group went for a morning stroll through Villa Doria-Pamhilj which is located on the hill behind our apartment. Allison had the idea to take this walk, so this is exactly what we agreed on doing. We hopped on bus 44 in Trastevere and headed up to the park. It was a truly amazing place. There were acres upon acres of fields, ponds, statues, gardens and trees. It was a nice break from the hectic space of downtown Rome. The Doria-Pamphilj family still has a mansion in the villa that they live in. It was a beautiful stone mansion surrounded by gardens of roses and hedges. After we strolled through the park for almost two hours we caught bus 44, again, to Piazza Venezia and then walked to get lunch. We got pizza and sat on the wall behind the Pantheon while we shared each others company and just talked about our experiences in Rome. We then went and got gelato at Rome's most famous gelateria, Gioliti's. I had just eaten a large lunch so I passed on the gelato. I hope to get it sometime in my next 2 days left here in Rome!

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