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Addendum to Day 7!!
From Jackson Sipple-Asher: “One thing I liked today was the fountains of the Villa d’Este. And showing Nelson’s new brother, Leonardo, the Villa.” And some pix from Katherine Erickson! (First at Hadrian’s digs, then, at Villa d’Este.)
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Day 7, the 18th, LAST DAY! Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, & Villa d’Este…Plus, some walking!
Whew, the Italian sun was a-blazin’ today, but we poured liters of water down our throats and soldiered on like true explorers. GO, SAINTS! After breakfast, we hopped on a bus with Marco, the driver, and drove off for Tivoli and Hadrian’s Villa. From Magister Jefferson: Hadrian’s Villa lies next to the ancient Roman town…
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Day 6, the 17th: All things Vatican and the Roman Metro (& some…walking!)
Our friend, the sun, reared its majestic head again this morning as we walked to our local Metro stop, Barberini, to get over to Vatican City. (Know the stop name for the Pope’s digs? “Ottaviano,” after that guy who took Julius’s place. History abounds!) Once we got onto St. Peter’s Square, we joined a line…
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Day 5, the 16th: The Forum, Palatine Hill, Colosseum, & Cooking Italiano! (Er, and walking.)
The sun shone boldly against our backs as we walked to the Roman Forum today. It was gonna be a hot one. But hey, we’re in Italia, so we got this! The administrative center of the city, the Forum was where the serious stuff went down — politics, slaps on the back, finger wagging, and…