We dropped off my mom's friend at the airport and off we went to the Borghese Gallery. We had to reserve tickets in advance to go. It was so amazing, Bernini's sculptures always show people in action. If you were to pause a moment in time, that is what it would be like. The scupture of Hades grabbing Persephone to take her down to the underworld is my favorite. Seeing the pain in her eyes as he takes her away, I felt it was all completely captured in this sculpture. I also really like another scupture of unrequited love; Apollo and Daphne. Daphne wants to live in the forest and not be wed but Apollo falls in love with her and chases after her. Right as he gets to her, she has her father turn her into a tree. It was interesting how in this sculpture, Daphne is so relieved she doesn't have to be with him as apposed to Persephone who is showing a great look of despair and terror.
The next day, we went and saw this movie on Ancient Rome. It was very interesting. After that, we went to the Carnivale Parade. Carnavale is the two weeks before lent when you have to give something up. I am not religious but I have decided I am going to give something up. I have decided to give up Soda and being mean. This will be really hard for me. The parade was really fun except there was this kid who was blowing a horn in miranda's face and miranda looked like she was about to kill him.
Sunday, was kind of a chill out day. We went to some exhibits which had a section on Caravaggio. I really enjoy Caravaggio's works. I like how he can portray aging so well, from the wrinkles and aged look on the face to the old sagging body. We also went to the Ferrari store, which was cool.
You're giving up "being mean" for Lent? That would be a real test if you were going to be around Aya and Juju.
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