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Bella Vita!
by
Mark Seal
What kind of art did you find on your own?
The Galleria Borghese is probably one of my favorite galleries in
Rome. It's really, really stunning, with a lot of Bernini
sculptures and really beautiful marble floors and this beautiful
park, the Villa Borghese gardens. It's kind of like the Central
Park of
Rome - just really visually stunning. The Galleria museum
is right there. I saw a lot of Caravaggios. I really was not that
familiar with Caravaggio's work. He was pretty intense.
Did you go to Campo de' Fiori, the big
marketplace? That was really cool, and there were a lot of
young people there, which was really fun. I had a really great
pizza there. It was wrapped up in a little paper bag, and it was
just delicious.
Did you visit any of the other great places to
shop in Rome? You know what? I don't like to go to a place
like Rome to shop for things I can get here. I didn't visit the
Prada store or Versace. I like to go off the beaten path a little
more, and I like to wander off on different streets and in
different directions, and go to the boutique shops and find little
things that I wouldn't find here. I really don't see the point of
shopping at those places, you know what I mean? They are all over
the world, and they are especially in my hometown. The first day, I
had my map in the pouring rain. But I ended up throwing [the map]
out because, what I realized is, with the way I like to work, it
doesn't really help me later, because I don't remember names or
streets. I like to just walk around and roam around and let the
streets dictate where I go. I bought mostly little trinkets. I went
to quite a few antiques shops. I bought a great vase. I mostly
bought things like home furnishings that I could just cart back
with me.
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