Villa Adriana, Vatican museum part 2
On Saturday we took a day trip to Hadrien's villa, or Villa Adriana, in Tivoli outside of Rome. To get there, very easy. Well that's what we thought. First you take the metro, then the other metro almost till then end. So far so good. Then a bus, for which we only had to wait 15mn. When we arrived in Tivoli, the one thing on which we were counting, namely the tourism office, was closed. Tivoli is on the top of a hill, and from there an old men showed us the site of the Villa Adriana... of course at the bottom of the hill. We decided to take the local bus to get there, rather then risking getting killed on the road without any space for walkers. Obviously, we didnt have any tickets (you have to buy them in tobacco shops before, there aren't machines and you cant buy them in the bus), but we looked so lost and friendly and not speaking italian, the bus driver let us in. I guess he must have many tourists like us regularly. He even was nice enough to tell us when to get off, and from there it was another 300m till the entrance.
But all in all, it really was worth it: the site is huge, very nice, ideal for a picnic (this time we were ready) and relatively tourist-free (understandable when you see how long it took us to get there).
We came back in the late afternoon, with the first clouds deciding it would be just about right to start raining.
Sunday we went for the second time to the Vatican, as the entrance was free. Luckily, we only wanted to see the parts which we had missed the first time (early christian statues and tombs, as well as paintings and tapestries), and those were rather empty. Since the museum closed early, most people ran directly for Rafael's chambers and the Sixtine chapel, which was as usual packed with people. We took the exit reserved for the tours, which leads you close to the entrance to the basilica and leads you through a great staircase designed by Bernini.
Today we went for the first time to the cinema. The Island was the only movie in all Rome shown in english, but the interest wasnt that great i guess as there were only 6 people total in the room. Very nice big comfortable cinema, good popcorn and good movie :) The nicest was that there werent italian subtitles. Explains probably the lack of spectators...
Me in front of the Canopus of Villa Adriana
The view on Tivoli from the Villa Adriana site
But all in all, it really was worth it: the site is huge, very nice, ideal for a picnic (this time we were ready) and relatively tourist-free (understandable when you see how long it took us to get there).
We came back in the late afternoon, with the first clouds deciding it would be just about right to start raining.
Sunday we went for the second time to the Vatican, as the entrance was free. Luckily, we only wanted to see the parts which we had missed the first time (early christian statues and tombs, as well as paintings and tapestries), and those were rather empty. Since the museum closed early, most people ran directly for Rafael's chambers and the Sixtine chapel, which was as usual packed with people. We took the exit reserved for the tours, which leads you close to the entrance to the basilica and leads you through a great staircase designed by Bernini.
Today we went for the first time to the cinema. The Island was the only movie in all Rome shown in english, but the interest wasnt that great i guess as there were only 6 people total in the room. Very nice big comfortable cinema, good popcorn and good movie :) The nicest was that there werent italian subtitles. Explains probably the lack of spectators...
Me in front of the Canopus of Villa Adriana
The view on Tivoli from the Villa Adriana site
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