Hadrian's Villa and the town of Tivoli

 So we have been in Rome a few days and we took a field trip with the class out to see Hadrian's Villa, which is one of the largest and oldest remaining villas and then up the road to the mountainside town of Tivoli.  There we got to see a beautiful palazzo (palace) with a very extensive and massive garden.  So Hadrian's villa was really cool and we had studied it in school and theres all this history behind it.  But basically there was a bunch of cool ruins and some cool little water features.  Some turtles and sculptures were hangin out by the water too.

turtle family

Ruins! It was cool the owner actually had a moat kind of thing around his observatory

sometimes i like trees

Hows that for a living room ceiling?

and a backyard swimming pool? not bad, not bad

 So here are some pictures of the amazing garden atop the hill.  Lots of amazing fountains and moss everywhere and cool trees and bushes and all that.  A really cool place to see.  Plus since it was in the mountains you could look down into the valley and see the edge of Rome really far away in the distance.

A fountain and a half

100 fountains, literally

These places really could use bigger and nicer back yards

There's something beautiful about the hills in Italy.