The day started off early today. We
traveled to the Villa Borghese to have class bright and early before our tour
of the museum. When we were finally able to find a dry spot to sit and have
class, we discussed a couple more triangle congruence properties and whether or
not they were valid on the plane and the sphere. We were joined in class by a
few pigeons and other small birds who were very interested in learning about
triangles.
After class we grabbed panini for lunch before visiting the Galleria Borghese.
There we saw some
amazing paintings and sculptures that had great detail. One of the class
favorites was the Sacrifice of the
Innocents, which was an amazing, but horrifying sculpture that would spin
to act like a flip book, showing infants being sacrificed, with their mothers
attempting to protect them. It took us a while to find the sculptures in the
museum; we had made our way up a huge flight of spiral stairs and completely
missed the first floor of the museum at first.
The first floor contained some
incredible marble sculptures. There was this one sculpture that was excellently detailed. The way it was sculpted made the marble look as it was a fluffy
cushion, and on another sculpture
that illustrated the kidnapping of Persephone you could see the imprint
of Hades fingers on her skin and the hairs of Cerberus’s fur.
After the museum visit we visited the garden behind the
museum for a fun group photo shoot. We then made our way towards the Spanish
steps to enjoy some tea and scones at Babington’s Tea House. While we were
there we got to enjoy some interesting teas, such as Blue Lady and Babington’s
Special blend, both of which smelled and tasted amazing.
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