The reception at San Giovanni in Monti, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 3, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy. Notes: “Chiostro di San Giovanni in Monte, già…
Little day trip to Bologna, the food capital of Italy, according to some… Wonderful leaning towers and brick structures everywhere. One of Europe’s oldest universities.…
Evening of 18 August 2006. Summer film series on the terrace every evening at 21.00. See the slideshow here. © 2006-2014 Judith Crews
David_Baccalaureat_Chateaubriand Yesterday was the graduation ceremony for David. He received his Baccalauréat from the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome, after two years here. He did very…
“Heracles did not return to Mycenae by a direct route. He first traversed Libya, whose King Antaeus, son of Poseidon and Mother Earth, was in…
(posted on 25 April 2006) Italian Liberation Day, also known as the Celebration of the Resistance (Festa della Resistenza), is celebrated on April 25 each…
A walk in Rome’s Parco della Caffarella at sunup on 22 April to explore the ancient sites of the Sacred Grove and the Egeria source…
For the past several days there has been a definite sense of spring in the air. So I took my camera with me on the…
On 4 February 2006 I walked along the Via Appia Antica with the French culture group Rome et Son Histoire. We visited many of…
I have been “meme’d” to write 15 fun facts about books! So here goes! (and thanks to Steve and Nick). I don’t remember how I…
There was a dog behind me in a fenced yard who wanted to come out and play. He started barking so I had to hurry……
Stopped here to have a cappuccino and read the instruction manual (the short one… didn’t bother to print out the 225 page “real” manual yet!).…
6 January 2006. Decided to figure out how to use the new Olympus Christmas present this morning, Befana Day in Italy, so everything was closed.…
Day trip organized by City of Rome up the Tiber to the Farfa Natural Reserve in Lazio. Went on the bus with about 20 FAO…