THE BASILICA OF SAN CLEMENTE IN ROME.

ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR HOTEL.

FOUR LEVELS OF HISTORY!

ARE YOU READY TO GO DOWNSTAIRS?

IT WAS COOL DOWNSTAIRS COMPARED TO THE TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE!!

HOW ON EARTH DID THEY MAKE THIS?

NO POWER TOOLS!

TWO PERFECT PROFILES!

I LOVED THIS WALL………

GOT THAT?

4 th CENTURY!

Good thing it was HEAVY or it may have been in my BASKET BAG!

THE ITALIAN IN HIS CITY!

SO, COLOR COORDINATED!

I like the shape of THE BRICKS HERE.

LOW CEILINGS FOR A SHORTER POPULATION.

ITALIAN for those of you who want to PRACTICE!

I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU WHO SPEAK!

THESE FRESCO’S WERE ALL COVERED UP.

MOSS IS GROWING FROM THE DAMPNESS AND WATER BELOW.

HERRINGBONE PATERN.

A PIECE OF THE ANCIENT FLOOR THAT ONCE WAS A HOME.

DO YOU LOVE THIS FLOOR FROM THE 4TH CENTURY?

THERE IS WATER RUNNING UNDERNEATH HERE…………I HAVE VIDEOS OF RUNNING WATER OUT OF THE WALLS BUT LACK THE KNOW HOW; TO INPUT INTO THE BLOG.

(Requires a YOU TUBE video, so I am told!)

DAMP DAMP DAMP SAYS THE GREEN STUFF………….

I BARELY FIT!

OLD PASSAGEWAY TO THE UNDERGROUND HOME IN ROME.

POTTERY FROM ANOTHER TIME………….

OLD VINTAGE FIAT 500 would look GREAT in my LIVING ROOM WITH MY ORANGE WALLS!

BATHS OF TRAJAN.DATES FROM 109AD.

ROMAN RUINS……………

Did you know the CYPRESS TREE means “WELCOME?”

I read that years ago, so I googled it to make sure I had that right.It has a few meanings but it does mean HOSPITALITY in ancient FRANCE the number of cypress trees planted near a farmhouse indicated the level of hospitality.THREE meant a place to rest.TWO meant food and drink and ONE meant the travelers should MOVE ON!!

OUR HOUSE HAD ONE CYPRESS TREE WHICH I LOVED BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF OUR TIME IN ITALY!THE ITALIAN TOOK IT DOWN RECENTLY, DUE TO FIRE CONCERNS HERE IN CALIFORNIA.IT WAS TO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.

GUESS IT WAS THE CYPRESS’S TIME TO MOVE ON!

I WAS PISSED.

The ROMAN ARCH IS THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE.

I BELIEVE!

IF I HAVE THAT WRONG LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS AND I WILL FIX IT!

Do not ask me what those OCTAGON shapes are I have no idea!

THEY WERE THE CEILING AT ONE TIME IS MY IDEA.

MAYBE PAINTED OR TILED.

I think this is an AMAZING PHOTO if I do say so MYSELF!

LAYER UPON LAYER OF HISTORY HERE.

I think we can give credit FOR these shots TO THE ITALIAN.

I had to REST UP in OUR hotel for the day.

HE went out walking PRETENDING TO BE ME WITH THE PHONE!!

I FOUND THAT VERY AMUSING AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE OUR SURROUNDINGS!

QUIZ TIME………….The Italian is sitting in front of what ANCIENT building behind him?

Yes!We are dining on the street, which got a little scary for me!

As I could see the on coming cars,BUT WHAT A VIEW!

THE ITALIAN and the ….?

Note the woman on the vespa. WHERE DOES SHE THINK SHE IS GOING?

This was a FAMOUS ARTIST HOUSE back in the day and I cannot remember WHO!

DO YOU?

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

CIAO BELLA!

TWO ROMANS CATCHING UP………….over lunch.

AND THAT DEAR READERS IS THE END OF ROME!

I HAVE A FEW PHOTOS I WILL SHARE OF BUDAPEST LATER!

THINK FOR THE MOST PART YOU ALL HAVE ENJOYED THE PHOTOS OF OUR TRIP AND THOSE WHO DIDNOT LET ME KNOW BY UNSUBSCRIBING TO THE BLOG!!

SORRY, IF I CANNOT PLEASE ALL.

TODAY, I AM OFF TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET A RECLAST INFUSION FOR MY BONES.IT LASTS ABOUT AN HOUR AND I GET IT ONCE A YEAR.THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH YEAR.NORMALLY,THEY DO IT FOR THREE YEARS THEN STOP FOR AWHILE,BUT FOR ME WHO NOW HAS TWO FRACTURED BONES IN MY BODY; MY L-1 AND MY SEVENTH RIB THEY HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE!

I HAD NO IDEA THESE WERE BROKEN AS THERE WAS NO PAIN!

THEY BELIEVE I DID IT FROM COUGHING!

I DO HAVE PAIN UNDER THE LEFT BREAST, WHICH THEY SAY CANNOT BE THE RIB AS THEY CAN TELL FROM THE X-RAY IT IS AN OLD FRACTURE!

GO FIGURE.

I DO HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS AND HAVE HAD FOR YEARS…………

OBVIOUSLY, THE “RECLAST” DIDNOT WORK THESE LAST THREE YEARS; BUT MAYBE IT DID AS THE FRACTURES COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE!

HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SIMILAR AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US IN THE COMMENTS?

AS ALWAYS I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR THOUGHTS.

BE WELL AND FIND JOY IN THE LITTLE THINGS!

MY OBSESSION THESE DAYS ARE CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISINS!

XXX

ELIZABETH

AKA: LA CONTESSA

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