November 4, 2018 - On our excursion from Rome we are hitting several stops along the coast that are near each other before heading back...

November 3, 2018 - Pliny the Younger was only 18 years old when he saw the disaster on August 24, 79 AD. The son of the elder Pliny who...

April 16, 2019 - Colleen and I used to laugh about it. As we traveled we would visit great cathedrals around the world, it is hard not...

November 2, 2018 - We left Rome today to travel south for a few days. We arrived to a very wet Naples but that did not discourage us. We...

October 31, 2017 - We traveled outside Rome to Tivoli. It is a small town in the foothills about 20 miles east of the city. We wanted to...

October 30, 2018 - We took a walk today to an archeological site in Rome called Torre Argentina. It is a site surrounded on all 4 sides...

October 28, 2018 - On Friday, January 30th, 9 BC Gaius Octavius Thurinus walked into this altar with an entourage. He was 52 years old....

October 27, 2018 - We made it to the mountain top. Well, we finally made it to the Vatican at least. We were trying to arrange a unique...

October 26, 2018 - A potpourri of Roman tidbits today. There is a general strike today, they are common here, of the public transport...

October 25, 2018 - We traveled outside the city today to Ostia Antica. This was a colony of Rome that was situated on the Tiber River and...

October 24, 2018 - I think it is fair to say that by now we are experienced travelers. We have become adept at overcoming the various...

October 23, 2018 - This building is just jaw dropping. It is the Basilica of Constantine. (Around 300 AD). It was not a church but...

October 22, 2018 - You are looking across a field of ruins that is a portion of the Roman Forum. For those that have never been to this...

October 21, 2018 - I laughed too at this classic Italian Fiat. Then I realized this company owns Chrysler and Jeep. So I kept quiet and...

October 19, 2018 - Wikipedia defines a talisman as “An object that someone believes holds magical properties that bring good luck to the...

October 18, 2018 - This above picture is looking down from a bridge on to what what was the street level in Ancient Rome. This is the...

October 17, 2018 - Today we did our favorite thing to do when we travel ; just go for a walk. There is so much packed into the old...

October 17, 2018 - Out for a morning walk on the Spanish Steps and ran into this “Sight”. It just shows you that when traveling it is...

October 16, 2018 - We made it to Rome after a particularly brutal travel day. There were late flights, long delays, crazy turbulence and...

July 27, 2018 - The journey home. We were traveling by train through the wheat fields in southern Sweden when it struck me how much I was...