Yesterday it rained all day. It started the night before and rained and rained. So I did nothing other than pick up a few essentials (wine!!) and I holed up inside with my computer, my book and started to go stir crazy. I heard it was going to be shit all over the weekend but this morning when I woke up the sky was blue and although it was cold it was lovely. So off I set. I went up to Piazza del Popolo and went to a church up there (Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo) that is literally full of stunning works of art. A couple of wonderful Carravaggios, Raphaelles, Berninis…quite gob smacking. I enjoyed that very much and puttered around in there for ages. Then I walked up the hill that overlooks the Piazza and sat for a while in the sun in the lovely gardens up there, the Pincio Gardens. I then walked back down and along to the Museo dell’Ara Pacis, the Museum set up solely to house the Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Peace) completed for Augustus in 13 BC. This vast marble alter is considered one of the most important works of ancient Rome. It’d need to be important given what they charge you to see it….but it was nice!!
Then I hopped back in the bus and headed home to do a bit of shopping, have my afternoon coffee and come home to do a bit of very simple cooking (!!!!!!!!) for my weekend meals.
Chris is away this weekend so I’ll probably tootle over to her place tomorrow to do a bit of washing and maybe watch a movie while the washing machine is on. Otherwise who knows what the weekend will bring.
Had a fantastic email from Mares with lovely, lovely photos of you all…made me very homesick I must say, it all looks so familiar and as if I should be in there somewhere!!
More later.