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Roma!

August 15, 2022February 27, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

The Trevi Fountain:

The 4 Rivers Fountain by Bernini in Piazza Navona:




Inside the Stanze di Raphael in the Vatican:

Paris: endlessly interesting

August 14, 2022April 30, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

On land and water in Venice

August 13, 2022February 27, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

The Jardin des Plantes, Paris; Part 3

August 8, 2022April 30, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

The Castellani Chapel, Santa Croce

August 7, 2022April 29, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

Agnolo Gaddi

Amazing Venice!

August 6, 2022February 27, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

The Jardin des Plantes, Paris; Part 2

August 5, 2022April 30, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

White tulips!

And opposite, black tulips! Wow! I loved these.

Princess Diana and Paris

August 4, 2022April 23, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

I saw this sign on a wall in Paris, instructing all readers that sometimes public monuments can become spontaneous sites of commemoration. Such was the case with the replica of the flame of the Statue of Liberty, which became the place where the princess was spontaneously commemorated back in that fateful August.

Peggy Guggenheim in Venice

August 2, 2022April 29, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / 2 Comments

A her palazzo in the Grand Canal, with her beloved dogs who are now buried there, each with its own headstone.

Lost in the world of Madame Curie

August 1, 2022April 30, 2022 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

When I was wandering through the area around the Sorbonne, I entered the world of Marie Curie. This has a special meaning for my son and me, because he presented her and her work when he was a child at school.

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