Exploring Villa Borghese

I hate routines (at least to a certain point). I do not like doing the same thing every day. I have been going stir crazy coming home to the apartment from classes, making dinner and sitting around chatting. I would much rather get lost in the city.


I decided I was going to wander Rome after my classes were over yesterday, and Tyler joined me. I was excited to explore, and then the rain came...I refused to let the rain stop me, though, so I walked around in the rain for three or four hours without a map. Walking around without a map is kind of liberating. You are forced to rely on language and directional skills in order to find your way home.

There is a strange statue in the Villa Borghese that I came upon while wandering. It is a statue of a man with a crutch and a stub of a leg. I tried to read the inscription on the base of the statue, but my Italian skills are seriously lacking in that department. Sometimes I wonder what made sculptors choose the subject of the piece: what made the sculptor of this one-legged man choose to render a cripple?

I love photos of texture and shape. Another statue near the cripple was of a woman without a head in a delicately sculpted dress. I took a close-up photo of the folds of the woman's dress that I love.


Even though I was soaking wet after the few hours walking around outside in the rain, I was much happier than I would have been talking in the residence. Tyler was a bit grumpy after the walk, though, So, I found us a trolley back to school- I am usually hopeless with directions. I am going to continue exploring even if I have to go by myself.