We went to Rome this past weekend to meet our friends from Jackson. They're doing a little tour of Europe, and they flew in from Prague. We met at the airport baggage claim area, and eventually came into the city. We stayed at an apartment right across the Tiber from Castel Sant'Angelo. The apartment not only had a great location, but 80 unadvertised steps to get to our attic garret. After arriving at the apartment, our first order of business was to find lunch, which we did right around the corner. That is Woody and Cindy waiting for food. Woody is a retired prosecutor from the same office Cindy was in in Jackson. Woody's wife Cherie is a court reporter in Jackson. After lunch we walked across the bridge to the Castel, then along the Tiber to the Ponte Cavour and crossed back over the river, then on to the Piazza Spagna, home of the appropriately named Spanish Steps. It gets its name because in years past the Spanish embassy was here. Then we walked down the street past Gucci and Prada, etc., etc., stores and on to the Trevi Fountain, in front of which Cindy and I are standing. (The bottom picture is Trevi also.) I am sporting my new Albanian-style haircut. Then by the Pantheon, the other two pictures. The Pantheon I think is the oldest intact building in the world, at least the western world. In its present form it dates from around 120 AD. The doors are original, huge and no telling how heavy. When I do the google I'll let you know.
We went to Rome this past weekend to meet our friends from Jackson. They're doing a little tour of Europe, and they flew in from Prague. We met at the airport baggage claim area, and eventually came into the city. We stayed at an apartment right across the Tiber from Castel Sant'Angelo. The apartment not only had a great location, but 80 unadvertised steps to get to our attic garret. After arriving at the apartment, our first order of business was to find lunch, which we did right around the corner. That is Woody and Cindy waiting for food. Woody is a retired prosecutor from the same office Cindy was in in Jackson. Woody's wife Cherie is a court reporter in Jackson. After lunch we walked across the bridge to the Castel, then along the Tiber to the Ponte Cavour and crossed back over the river, then on to the Piazza Spagna, home of the appropriately named Spanish Steps. It gets its name because in years past the Spanish embassy was here. Then we walked down the street past Gucci and Prada, etc., etc., stores and on to the Trevi Fountain, in front of which Cindy and I are standing. (The bottom picture is Trevi also.) I am sporting my new Albanian-style haircut. Then by the Pantheon, the other two pictures. The Pantheon I think is the oldest intact building in the world, at least the western world. In its present form it dates from around 120 AD. The doors are original, huge and no telling how heavy. When I do the google I'll let you know.
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Dave,
That would be YOUR WIFE not Woody's wife waiting for the 100 Euro lunch!!
When I went to the store today, I bought groceries for a week and spent less than our bill for breakfast.
Here's to the almighty dollar. May it go further next summer than it did this one.
Cherie
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