Rome A weekend in Rome with Michael and Frank up the mountain and Juanita and Edmundo in the centre of things makes for a challenging two days in the Eternal City. And Edmundo’s confinement to bed with a cold left the Baroness Juanita alone to covort with Michael and Frank. Vatican Gardens in the heat …
fter the long flight from Singapore, out for a walk late on a Roman Summer afternoon, I pause . . . and enjoy watching kids chasing bubbles in Piazza del Popolo. ext day, Paul arrives and it’s time to address both body and soul. izza and cold beer in Trastevere sates the …
Christmas Greetings – And my best wishes for a happy and healthy 2015 ow fortunate I was to celebrate Christmas in Rome last year. And blessed to be inside St Peter’s Basilica for the Vigil Mass celebrated by Pope Francis. I invite you to view the short video that I made at the time. …
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 …
Sunday Mass in St Peter”s Basilica at the Vatican gives us the opportunity to admire this wonderful edifice once again. At noon, we wait in the rain to see a cloth placed over the sill of a distant window, a sign the Pope is about to appear to recite the Angelus, and address the …