Four Queens Favorites

Okay, I promised to upload a gallery of photos when I was back to Internet civilization. Due to severe jetlag I could not face my computer too much, so forgive the delay. Also, going through our photos there are SO MANY that I dearly love, choosing was terribly difficult. I started with this one taken by Marilyn when I bought a purple hat in Pienza. Purple in Pienze (oh dear). Well, I think I look just like Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, don’t you?

Okay, well, whatever. Another favorite is the four of us at dinner in Rome. It was a lovely place on the sidewalk that appealed to us, and though the proprietor seemed to be Middle Eastern and not Italian, we enjoyed our meal and he was very attentive to our needs.

In Rome we took a couple of tours, one being a walking tour of the ancient sites. Here’s Marilyn clowning along the way.

We learned that those pock marks in the ancient Roman columns are where marble was attached to the sides. I always thought they were just stone — or solid marble — but no, the Romans had it together in their construction practices and things were built to last.

In Rome, we spent some time on the rooftop of our hotel. This shot just says a lot about Rome — the domes and towers all jumbled in there with the apartments and satellite dishes.

Also in Rome I loved the Piazza Navona, where artists would fill the space with their crafts and paintings and try to sell to the tourists. A beautiful fountain graces the center but I loved the way it was a center of life, but for those of us with aching feet there were so few benches, just big, open space. No wonder the Italians are not all fat with pasta and gelato — they are always walking and never get to sit down!

After Rome there was  Florence, beautiful Florence, and many more favorites to show you, but I’ll pick that up with another post tomorrow. This queen needs her beauty sleep!

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