Author: Linda

• September 14, 2015
• Day 7
• Rome

Within the Cloisters, the twisted columes are decorated Cosmatesque style with inlaided marble coverings.

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cliloisters of Basilica di San Giovanni

• September 14, 2015
• Day 7
• Rome

As though a Lilliputian traveling in Gulliver’s world, I am dwarfed by the stupendous size of Basilica di San Giovanni.

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd Basilica di San Giovanni, 4th-century

• September 14, 2015
• Day 7
• Rome

Fascinated by the floor at Basilica di San Giovanni, M. C. Escher’s optical illustians seem to appear.

• 1st, 2nd 3rd Basilica di San Giovanni

Spinning wheels gotta go round.

See the man pushing the peddle buggy while the women on the side is jogging.  As the buggy creasted the hill, both jumped aboard.  Always room.

The go-cart brought back fond childhood memories of riding and crashing Uncle Wade’s go-cart.

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd Villa Borghese

• September 13, 2015
• Day 6
• Rome

A fine example of the strong unity seen as families gathered to enjoy Legos.  Need not speak Italian to understand the play.  Lego is a universal language.

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd Villa Borghese

• September 13, 2015
• Day 6
• Rome

Bucplic park of Villa Borghese, 7th-century residence of Cardinal Scipone Borghese.

• 1st Temple of Aesculapius 19th-century
• 2nd ll Lago
• 3rd Villa Borghese soccer field

• September 13, 2015
• Day 6
• Rome

Spectacular sculptures. My picks.

• 1st Antonio Canova’s Venus Victrix, 1805-8
• 2nd Goan Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo e Dafne, 1622-5
• 3rd Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina, 1621-2