I woke up suitably refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We decided not have breakfast in the hotel restaurant; there were many other options nearby. Mr C settled on ‘Café on the Corner’ which we found was run by a community charity, helping people who have limited learning capabilities or difficulties. We had to wait [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, St Albans 2024
St Albans – Day Two
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2024
The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them.
Roland Allen
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2024
Shape is a good part of the fig’s delight.
Jane Grigson
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2024
Filed under Holidays, Rome 2024
Fontana dell’Acqua Felice
From Wiki:
The Fontana dell’Acqua Felice, also called the Fountain of Moses,[1] is a monumental fountain located in the Quirinale District of Rome, Italy. It marked the terminus of the Acqua Felice aqueduct restored by Pope Sixtus V. It was designed by Domenico Fontana and built in 1585–1588.[2] It is located at the intersection of Largo Santa Susanna and Via Venti Settembre; [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 24th 2024
To bear, or not to bear, that is the question.
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2024
I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
Matthew 25:35
13 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2024
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Rome 2024
Basilica San Lorenzo Lucina
Located in the Rione Colonna, San Lorenzo in Lucina is one of the oldest churches in Rome. The building stands on a domus, probably owned by Lucina, a wealthy Roman matron who allegedly founded an “ecclesia domestica”, a place for worship inside a private house.
A second theory connects the name of the basilica to an [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2024
