- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Green space. Not a new concept for Vatican City.
- 1st & 2nd Vatican Museum
- 3rd Dome of St Peter’s Basilla
Category: Italy
Limitless ~ September 11, 2015
- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Do you remember when life was limited to eight chunky Crayola Crayons?
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Vatican Museum
- 4th Vatican City
M&M ~ September 11, 2015
- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Style preference.
Michelangelo or Matisse.
- Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes, Sistine Chapel. MYTH DEBUNKED. Michelangelo did not paint lying down. He designed a curved scaffolding system allowing him to work standing.
- Michelangelo’s Pieta, his only signed work completed at age 25-years old. St Peter’s Basilica
- Matisse, Vatican Museum
Faith ~ September 11, 2015
- September 11, 2014
- Day 4
- Rome
Faith…
- Vatican Museum
- Crucifix by Henri Matisse, 1951
Same & Different ~ September 10, 2015
- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Same fountain, different time.
Different white shirt from 2014!
- St Peter’s Square
Cats ~ September 11, 2015
- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Cats…a good theme anytime, any place. This place…Vatican Museum.
For Whom the Bell Tolls ~ September 10, 2015
- Thursday, September 10
- Day 3
- Rome
The Casa di Santa Brigida Convent bells toll inviting people to mass. Amusingly the striking of the bell is preceded by what sounds like the hee-haw of a donkey. Just as amusingly my 3rd floor room is located beneath the bell tower.
- Bell tower taken from Abby’s roof top garden
- Bell tower above Abby’s chapel
- Abby on Pizza Farnese with imposing recycled Roman bathtub fountain
Leaving on A Jet Plane ~ September 8 & 9, 2015
- September 8 & 9, 2015
- Day 1 & 2
- English Channel
The white cliffs of Dover wane as the jet heads east over the English Channel.
The illusive mystery is solved. My walking poles did not cause any arrousal from TSA and are tucked into my back pack stowed in the jet cabin over head bin.
Hen House to Breakfast Plate ~ Tuscany ~ July 10, 2014
July 10, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
One of my favorite activities at Vieri’s home was checking for pigeon and hen eggs in their joint coup. Holding a warm egg taken from the bird’s nest is precious moment.
Vieri’s omelette with fresh squeezed Blood Orange Juice and a pot of Sarah’s Parisian Tea.
Beehive Church ~ Tuscany ~ July 9, 2014
July 9, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
The unusual brick dome inspired the name Beehive Church. On the walls are the exquisite under drawings which have been removed from beneath their fresco paintings and now hang along side their corresponding fresco.
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