Thu, Jan 11

Well, I am leaving to go back to DC tomorrow. I must get out and go shopping today. Unfortunately, it is raining again, so many of the outdoor vendors have left. Maybe it will clear up later and I can find some nice bargains. The rain can't keep me out of the spiffy boutiques, though!!

Sign outside of Massimo's Enoteca (I drank a little too much there last night. Oops. That also happened at Massimo's last year. Don't I learn??)


Very cool table inside Massimo's - inlaid with wood from beautiful wine boxes.


Here's my Dollie with a funny picture in the background. This was at Macaroni - the yummy place that Dave, Lisa, and I went to lunch on Sunday.


This is a picture, looking northeast, out of the university studio. The swirlie-whirlie upside-down ice cream cone-looking thing in the distance, is actually the top of a church on Piazza Sant'Eustachio - home of the most delicious coffee in the world.

Very important note regarding coffee - you should have a cappuccino in the morning, first thing, on your way to work. You may not have a cappuccino in the afternoon - get it out of your system in the morning, please. The afternoon is the time for a macchiato, thank you very much... (Well, to be honest, you can have a cappuccino in the afternoon, but you will look like a tourist.) You know what they say "When in Rome...". Now, you know your order of coffees!!

p.s. You could be like Dave, who has been drinking 3-4 coffees of various types each day. No wonder he has been running about with so much energy!!


This is a picture, looking west, out of the university studio. The dome in the distance is St. Peter's at the Vatican. It is not very far at all!!


And this is a picture, looking down onto Campo, from the west-facing window. Look at all of that wonderous fruit. Dave brought me a banana from the market this morning, when he was running some errands.