…from the new kitchen.
After a few years absence, it was so nice to taste fresh home made bread
Archive for February, 2012
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
The Roman Town House Garden
From the guidebook:
A Roman household would have used the courtyard for exercise and conversation. Flowers and culinary herbs may have been grown there. The surrounding portico provided shelter from the weather, both for the family and also for servants and slaves, who could have used it as covered workspace.
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2012
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so (therefore) he escapes the suffering.
Guatama Buddha (563 – 483 BC)
26 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2012
The Villa Urbana was built using only tools and materials that were known to the Romans. The building of the town house had a 6 month deadline and was filmed for a Channel 4 television series called ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day’. The villa is now on display to visitors of Wroxeter [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2012
