Roma e grande! Not like Florence, compact and sweet. Rome is humongous.
Villa Farnesina
Santa Sabina and Old St. Peter’s
Catacomb of Pricilla, Rome
You never know
You never know what you will get.
From the study of oranges, you learn that citrus does not come true from seed. If you plant an orange seed, a grapefruit might spring up. If you plant a seed of that grapefruit, you might get a bitter lemon.
Human life is like that too, I have learned.
All roads lead to Rome…
….and my road just did. I’ll be posting about Rome soon!
Plautilla Nelli, woman artist in Renaissance Florence
La Specola, Firenze.
A fascinating museum, for sure!
Children’s clothing in Florence.
All from TAF, natch.
Amazing. Raffaelo da Urbino.
I walk up and down this street every day, sometimes many times each day. And only today did I notice that I’m neighbors with Raphael! According to this sign on Via de’ Ginori, roughly a block from my current street (where Ammannati lived), “Raffaelo da Urbino. Fu ospite Taddeo di Francesca Taddei, in Questa Casa, Nel MDV.” Or, in inglese, “Raphael, was the guest of Taddeo di Francesca Taddei in this house in 1505.” This city never ceases to amaze me!!
get back, lauretta! 
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