Castelli Romani

This was the coolest meat shop I have ever seen

The last city we stopped at was Genzano di Roma, a small city with delicious strawberries and amazing views to the crater lake below. We walked around a little bit and really just enjoyed the small city - it was definitely my favorite part of the day.





After Castle Gandolfo we went to a different town, Frascati, to see Vlla Aldobrandini. The building took us a while to find and wasn't too interesting (and under repairs) but the water feature in the gardens behind the Villa were very interesting. They reminded me of Villa Lante that we visited earlier in the semester.







One of the Fridays after break we had the opportunity to go on a day trip with the class. We had a few options for day trips and I decided to go with a group to the Castelli Romani. The Castelli Romani are a group of old towns on the hills/mountains outside of Rome. The first place we stopped at was Castle Gandolfo which is still the summer residence of the Pope. The gardens there were really nice and there were great views over the landscape and lake in the mountains.