Tuesday March 24

On Tuesday we visited the Borghese Museum in Borghese Gardens. The museum houses the most spectacular collection of Caravaggio, Raphael, Botticelli, and Peter Paul Rubens paintings. As well as the best of Bernini's sculptures: Apollo and Daphne, Rape of Proserpine, David, and Aeneas and Anchises which he completed at the age of fifteen.

My photography skills cannot possibly do these masterpieces justice. Suffice it to say, if you have traveled to Rome, and not visited this museum, you have missed the best art work in Rome. If you plan to visit Rome, put this museum on your itinerary. Order your tickets in advance because they are never available at the door. When we visited on Tuesday they were selling advance tickets for Friday.

Tomorrow is an off day for me and on Thursday I travel to Sardinia for a four day weekend of rest and relaxation. It is needed. My blog is finally up to date. Stay tuned for some great stories and pictures from Stintino, Sardinia, Italy.