Cultural and religious experiences, Villa Borghese, carousel, gluten free spaghetti vongole and lemon/melon gelato.

Margaret and I were packed in like sardines riding the metro to tour Villa Borghese. The walk through the park was a good 45 mins.

The collection of works (paintings & sculptures) by two renaissance art giants; Caravaggio and Bellini, took my breath away!!

Returning from the Villa we watched 1,000’s of workers stage a protest. There was a large presence of police on hand and so we decided to make a hasty retreat.

The exterior of the Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore is unassuming but the interior is gorgeous. We enjoyed an organ recital.

The Italian waiter didn’t want to bring parmigiano-reggiano for my spaghetti vongole. I insisted and he said “Italians never put cheese on pasta with fish” but I’m Canadian and we put cheese on our cereal!!😜

I have a new goal and that is to taste all 150 gelato flavours before I leave 🇮🇹!!