After a Long Wait, We Finally Had a Guest!
There's Nothing Like a Visit from a Good Friend! We were overjoyed that our friend Julie came to see us for a few days ahead of her tour of Tuscany,…
Gallery of Imperial Portraits
Visiting the Torlonia Marbles in Rome
The Tandem Spirits Meet the Marbles in Rome A bronze Germanicus greets us in the 1st Room of the exhibit The Tandem Spirits finally returned to Rome after a nine-month…
Palazzo Colonna fountain and gardens
A Beautiful Day in Rome – Palazzo Colonna
A Beautiful Day in Rome - Palazzo Colonna I should probably start this story with a little background. We live in Foligno, which is a small town located in Umbria,…
Raffaello in Rome, the Exhibit that Almost Wasn’t
Raffaello in Rome - The Exhibit That Almost Wasn’t Last year, we were excited to see that the Scuderie del Quirinale would host a large Raffaello exhibition to commemorate the…
Lunch time In Quiet Rome
Reflections on a Day in “Quiet Rome”
Reflections on a day in "Quiet Rome" We had a feeling that our trip to Rome this last Saturday was going to be different from past visits to the Eternal…
The Plain of Gennevilliers from the Hills of Argenteuil
The Last Visit to Rome – Palazzo Bonaparte and the Secret Impressionists
Portrait of Madame Josse Bernheim-Dauberville It's hard to describe how we feel these days after having been restricted to our apartment for 2 months (March 8th until May 4th). Every…