Busy days here in Rome, and we’ve already visited a wonderful exhibition and spent a splendid day with our granddaughter. And I’ve put together a few of the many photos I’ve already snapped — this city is SO magical! Click through if you’d like to read and look at my “Reflections” of Rome. . .
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Wow! Reading-wise, at least, January was a very good month, and 2022 has begun auspiciously. Click through to find a title or two among the ten books that kept me happy on the couch last month. . .
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Most of our walking this trip has been on concrete or asphalt, surrounded by all the sights and sounds of a busy city. But last weekend we were treated to a day trip. . . a satisfying and fascinating walk along an old Etruscan pathway, through woods and fields, along a burbling stream, on a carpet of forest duff decorated with cyclamen and mushrooms. . . . And, as usual, I may have taken too many photos. . .
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I’d love to do better than scrawl a hasty postcard to you, but we’ve been busy and, after all, the priority for now is spending time with “the kids” — daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. We…
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Two years ago today, we were in Lazio, Italy, on a daytrip from our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter’s home near Rome to the medieval clifftop village of Calcata. Condemned in the 1930’s for fears of…
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