Rome

12/06/2010

We had a bit of a sleep in today and then went into town to see the national modern art gallery. I actually enjoyed it more in some ways than the vatican museum. Not particularly fussed on the real modern stuff (who knew that a toilet bowl was art?) but some of late 19th/early 20th century was amazing. One room had works by Degas, van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet and others. Top stuff. Other rooms had works by Rodin, Modigliani, Sargeant and, more modern, Warhol and Pollock, if you like that sort of thing.

After the gallery we crammed in some Rome 'must dos' and took a look at the Spanish steps (ok but I think famous for being famous), the Trevi fountain (also famous for being famous but intrinsically spectacular. And crowded) and the Pantheon (amazing, but unfortunately added to our not insignificant collection of photos of scaffolding around famous buildings).

Home after that. Enough for one day.