I took the metro up to Flaminia to meet Linda at Hotel de Russie. We had dinner that night in the hotel gardens. It was a pretty relaxing evening, and we got to bed at a decent hour to start our adventures the next day!
Friday morning we trekked into the Giardini Borghese, right behind the hotel. Our ultimate goal was Villa Giulia, which houses the Etruscan museum. The museum houses a lot of ceramics, particularly vases and building decorations, and some bronze household goods and small statues. This ceramic centaur is considered a masterpiece of early Etruscan pottery.
The household goods were pretty interesting. A lot of the stuff we had to puzzle out with translations and best guesses. Linda has an iPhone Italian dictionary app. Otherwise we would never have figured out that these were spools for thread!
I guess I am highlighting some of the simple stuff, but a lot of the items were highly decorated, in a Greek-influenced style.
Next, our afternoon in the Vatican Museums...
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