Biking Borghese

Sunday, (late post) Laura and I went on an adventure to enjoy the beautiful day. We started off by heading to the vatican to say hey to the pope when he stuck his head out to bless the crowds at noon.

 After checking out some gift shops, we headed

 up to Piazza del Popolo with it's twin churches.

 Off to the side 

of Popolo is the lookout of

 Villa Borghese. You

 have to climb up a ton of staircases and ramps, but at the top is an awesome

 view of the city, especially of the twin

 churches that look out on to Popolo.

At the top of the hill sits Villa Medici (one of several villas that sit on the Villa Borghese grounds). This whole area of Villas at the top has been turned into a HUGE park area (probably 

not as big as central park, but the same environment with lots of little monuments, playgrounds, and even a zoo inside). 

We decided the best way to see the whole park was to rent bikes, so for only 4 euro we toured the park on our city bikes! It was really nice- great weather for biking, and we got to see so much more than we would have on foot! 

After our biking adventure, and having a little caffe latte at the

 cafe, we headed back down to Piazza del Popolo and shop-hopped our way home through the stores along Via del Corso. Such a nice day!

Just so you know, I probably won't be posting for a while now, because this Saturday we leave for Pompeii and Paestum! 

I hope everyone is well, I love you all!