Monthly Archives: September 2016

Lunch overlooking the Neptune fountain. 

Palazzo Vecchio The Uffizi   Loggia dei Lanzi The drive to Fiesole

In E.M. Forster’s A Room With A View, Lucy Honeychuch and her cousin Charlotte visit Florence only to find they have no view of the Arno River from their rooms. I never quite understood all the fuss until I saw it … Continue reading →

Our little place on Via de Bardi.  Welcome treats from the restaurant downstairs.  Our view of the Arno from the terrace.  To the left is the Ponte Vecchio. 

Slow start to Monday.  It’s scary when you see someone with the exact same handwriting as you.  Goodbye Palazzo Fendi.  Roma Termini Train to Florence.  New favorite beer. 

Our driver Marco looked more like a hitman.  Palazzo Barberini The widow Judith first charms the Assyrian general Holofernes, then decapitates him in his tent. Painted by Caravaggio in 1598.  Back when air filters were all the rage. 

Trevi Fountain Spanish Steps. 

Breakfast on the rooftop terrace at Zuma. 

Beautiful walk to dinner along the Tiber.