Today marked the last official day of class instruction. Tomorrow some of the students are going to Pompeii and Naples. Others are staying in Rome, all will be packing and preparing to leave in the next 48 to 72 hours.
The students were split into two groups since the Borghese Museum will not allow tours over 15 to go thru at one time. The first fifteen leave at 9:30ish for the hour trek by foot, No. 8 tram, foot, No. 63 bus, and then foot again. As it was raining when we left, though the sun broke out as can be seen from the park picture, the traffic was bad. The first picture shows what was going on outside the bus window in the middle of the street. Don't miss the bit of motor scooter driving right next to the bus. The appointment is from 11 to 1 pm. The second group met Professor Chimenti at the cat sanctuary at 2:00 pm in the rain so they can be taken to meet up with Dr. Leopardi in the beautiful park grounds that surround the Borghese. On the way we passed under what was a Roman aqueduct, that then became an exterior wall of Medieval Rome, that is now a stunning piece of architecture for us to walk thru as we head into the park on our way to the museum. The museum closed from 1 to 3 for an unexpected union meeting and then reopened. Chaos reigned. Several of us got to witness a heated discussion between employees. As you can see from the picture even the poster was paying attention. There are no pictures allowed inside. This museum goes so far as to make all visitors check their bags and cameras at the door, not even the Vatican was that strict. Please look up the museum or works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Bernini, Titian, and Botticelli on line to see what we saw.
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