I and my best friend and wife, Debra, will be embarking on a journey taking us to northern Italy for 3 or more years. We hope to share most of our adventures with family and friends back in the USA. Debra and I are 55+ years young always looking for adventure and the best this life has to offer. We hope to share what we can with whomever sees fit to take a read. Don't forget to subscribe so you can be alerted to the presence of new entries and you won't waist time seeing the same old stuff. Oh, and pass the word to other mutual friends we may have forgotten to tell about this Blog.
Buona Fort... full info
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis...more info
After LunchDebra snapped this on the beautiful walk to the Galleria Borghese - I was feeling very good after a fine lunch at Pomodorino - one of our go to places in Roma
FacadeFront of the Galleria Borghese - It was built by the Borghese family just to hold great works of art. I t has never been a private residence
GardensFrom the second story window. We snuck a picture
Not Bernini But a beautiful piece of sculpture nonetheless
Apollo and DahpneThis is spectacular! I think the woman in the background caught me in the act
Bad angle and focusanother Bernini called the Rape (or abduction) of Proserpina