VILLA ADRIANA
Sorry about the positioning of photos....it's not as easy as it might look...
Had a fantastic day yesterday once we had negotiated trains & buses to get to & from Tivoli so we could visit Hadrian's Villa (what was a very opulent small city and is now a VAST archaeological site) and Villa D'Este (a Renaissance garden filled with the most amazing water features...fountains the size of 3 story buildings). WOW....the Catholic hierarchy sure knew how to spend taxpayers money to impress (their cohorts of course not the plebs)....
The day before we walked miles & miles(6 hours+ with only the odd gelato break) visiting among other things the Trevi Fountain (with millions of teenagers on school excursions from all over Europe..how annoying),Hadrian's Pantheon (he was a genius),the Colosseum, Trajan's markets & column and to TOP IT OFF a fantastic Frida Kahlo exhibition at the gallery Scuderie del Quirinale with over 40 works many in private hands...the chance of a lifetime (we had seen a poster in the street so found the gallery...how lucky is that!)!!!
Today our last in Rome we will get the hop on hop off bus as we need to get further afield ......
Good news about Scott Ludlum...there is hope yet..
Ciao
Kath & Sue
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