- September 11, 2015
- Day 4
- Rome
Same fountain, different time.
Different white shirt from 2014!
- St Peter’s Square
Category: Italy
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.
Donkey ~ Tuscany ~ July 9, 2014
July 9, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
The donkeys are the last to be fed after the cats, chickens, and pigeons.
Church ~ Tuscany ~ July 9, 2014
July 9, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
13th-Century Romanesque Cloister and Church which will be the stage for opera this summer. A fire removed the roof but left the walls standing.
The Church of Monte Sirpi of San Galgano (Beehive Church)
The Costercian Abby of San Galgano
San Gimignano ~ Tuscany ~ July 8, 2014
July 8, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
San Gimignano and vicinity after the rain followed by lunch at home.
Tuscany ~ Tuscany ~ July 7, 2014
July 7, 2014
Post-Camino
Monteriggioni
Why leave?
