Week 7 Class 325

For our walking tour, Eric, Carol and I visited the Borghese Gardens written by Ben, Andrea and John. The "Villa Borghese is Rome's most famous public par, and the most extensive in the centre of the city" (181). The tour needed to be a full 1 1/2 hrs long; and it was. We visited to various fountains in the garden and retraced our steps several times. During the tour,we saw the Fountain of Turtles that I saw during the walk in Borghese Gardens because it is near the Museum of Modern Art. Our guide talked provided some history about the gardens and the addition of the Temple of Faustina, the Temple of Diana and the Clock Building.

After the history, the tour began and the first fountain that came upon is the Fontana del Fiocco or the Fountain of the Bow. We weren't really sure why it is called by this name. We also came upon the statue of Gogol, a Russian poet. After this, we headed down the road to the piazza dedicated to Bernardo O'Higgins, and we passed it right by. For a very short period of time, we were outside the gardens. O'Higgins is noted as a Chilean independence leader. How does a Chilean indepence leader get the name O'Higgins?

As we came upon the dog park, Danilo wanted to rent a motorized 4 person bike to finish the tour:-)); but we didn't. After the dog park, we saw the zoo. From there, we moved on to the Fontana dei Cavalli Marini, also known as the Fountain of the Sea Horses. From there, we walked to the Statue of Umberto I. He was the second king of Italy, and he was known as the Good King. The tour gives history on Umberto I and his son.

It was after this that we experienced unexpected excitement during the walking tour; and we spent a little more time roaming the gardens. Looking for a 4 yr old little girl.

After about half an hour we were back on track and visited the Secret Gardens that are very well manicured and beautiful. From there, we went to the Tempio di Esculapio and the pond in front. Thanks to John and Ben's thoughtfulness, we were able to feed the birds.