A DAY IN ‘ANCIENT ROME’ – Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in modern Palestrina (ancient Praeneste), and Tivoli View Photos with captions: CLICK HERE A DAY IN ‘ANCIENT ROME’ AND VILLA D’ESTE GARDENS IN TIVOLI After immersing ourselves in Christmas for days, we decide to voyage back into the times ‘before Christ’ with a knowledgeable local …
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uck and honour in equal measure! On Christmas Eve, we are so lucky to have received tickets at the eleventh hour to be seated in St Peter’s Basilica for the Midnight Christmas Mass, presided over by Pope Francis. Arriving at St Peter’s at 6.30 pm, we join a queue that stretches right around St Peter’s …
I’ve arrived at one big New Year’s resolution! And there’s more than a couple of friends whom I know will keep me to it (will try anyway)! For greater enjoyment of the moment, and with consideration of my continuing good health, there has to be a limit to what I can do in ‘capturing the …
n the car driving from Fiumicino to the hotel in Rome late in the afternoon on the day before Christmas . . . (after two long overnight flights from Cape Town via Dubai) . . . I turn on my iPhone. Hearing the familiar ding, and expecting only the usual telephone welcome from a local …