One Step at a Time

Since today was Saturday, we decided to take a mini-day trip to visit the Villa Borghese, which is a large park located in the northern side of Rome. We used the metro to help get ourselves more familiar with using the public transportation system. Along the way we saw many other interesting sights. These included seeing The Mouth of Truth, located at Santa Maria in Cosmedin on our way to the metro, seeing and climbing the Spanish Steps on our the park, and then finally going into Piazza Del Popolo on our way out of the park. All together it was a really great day that somehow seemed to involved climbing a lot of steps!

The Mouth of Truth;
legend said if you put your hand it and nothing happened you were telling the truth

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Climbing the Spanish Steps

My roommates at the top of the Spanish Steps

Trinita dei Monti Church at the top of the Spanish Steps
Ironically the steps and the church were both built by the French

Me with the view from the top of the Spanish Steps in the background

Inside Trinita dei Monti Church

One of the gates entering into the Villa Borghese park
with the city and St. Peter's Basilica in the background

One of the many monuments in the park

Piazza di Siena inside Villa Borghese 

Another monument inside Villa Borghese

The entrance to the zoo inside Villa Borghese (no we didn't go in)

Climbing more stairs!! These stairs are located across from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

Fountain inside Villa Borghese

Gate into Piazza del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo during the Chinese New Years Festival

Stage with various Chinese acts

The "Twin" Churches at Piazza del Popolo,
They may look the same, but their insides are very different

Obelisk at the center of Piazza del Popolo