Monthly Archives: February 2014

We’re not sure we did this justice. It is wonderful, the building itself stuns you, but it was perhaps one too many places for a brain to absorb and appreciate in under a week. The sculptures were more enjoyable than … Continue reading →

Made it to Paris on the Thello overnight from Milan after a lovely meal. It was about 30 minutes late leaving & lost another 30 minutes somewhere. We suspect the Swiss. Was very hot on board again – they need … Continue reading →

Here now but for a while there it was squeaky bum time. All my fault – well that & the wine when booking – but we rocked up at Roma Centrali only to find that our train left from the … Continue reading →

So remember what I said about them just having to many remains? This is the site of four temples unearthed in 1926. It is now a cat sanctuary. True.

So you go wandering back from St Peter’s to your hotel vaguely aware there is this to see on the way back, stroll round a corner & get this in the face. An open roof means the rain gets in … Continue reading →

Huge, no HUGE, HUGE, HUGE. People swallowingly big. Just vast. But beautiful. There wasn’t a single inch left in decorated and each of those inches was probably a month of somebody’s life. It took them 120 years to build but … Continue reading →

Well, not what we expected. All the art and artifacts that the Popes have collected over 500 years. So many Roman statues, paintings, busts, globes you just couldn’t take it all in. You also had to remember to look at … Continue reading →

Haven’t mentioned this yet but we got a couple of these from an information point we past on the way to The Coliseum yesterday. They give you free entrance to the two museums or sites run by the City & … Continue reading →

Yes yes I know but Sar “misspoke” and it has stuck. I hate to think what it is like in Summer. You had to be careful note to get a coin in the eye as it was. Hadn’t realised that … Continue reading →

. . . . . out. Gosh, what a lot to take in. Too much for my brain and feet to take. Everywhere you look there are what anywhere else would be really significant sites. Here they are squeezed between … Continue reading →