{"id":7055,"date":"2013-11-30T01:17:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T06:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:56:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:56:06","slug":"arrivederci-roma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2013\/11\/30\/arrivederci-roma\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrivederci Roma!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>What a fantastic week it was in Italy, and lots of good memories created. In this final post, I offer a few parting shots, of a positive sort\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive-e1383596520961-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7057\"><\/a> Here\u2019s a nice spooky shot from within the villa of mysteries at Pompeii. <\/p>\n<p>Or here\u2019s Yuliya at Trevi Fountain holding her autograph card of Pope Francis\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive1-e1383596679403-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7059\"><\/a>  And then a family shot of us there taken by a vendor..<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive8.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive8-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7063\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for those who want a wider angle shot of the whole fountain\u2026.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7060\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or how about a shot of more of Raphael\u2019s work in the vatican, here of God\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7061\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or how about the evening golden light on the cornice of the national museum\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive11.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive11-e1383597433907-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7062\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more different shot of the little boy and the boar in Orvieto, at the Mushroom and truffle store (tartuffi) is worth it\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive10.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive10-e1383597903450-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7064\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the Pope in a contemplative moment checking his to do list\u2026.obviously a long one!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive9.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive9-e1383598006397-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7065\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive13.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive13-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7066\"><\/a>   Here are three nuns smiling at me outside the monastery pensione where we stayed. <\/p>\n<p>I almost forgot we went to a Leonardo da Vinci special exhibit in the basement of the main church in the Piazza del Popolo\u2026 a few shots here of that\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive12.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive12-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7067\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are replicas of two of the man\u2019s flying machines\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive6.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive6-e1383598546502-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7069\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive5.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive5-e1383598679450-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7070\"><\/a>   Or how about Leonardo amazing anatomy drawings..complete with detailed notes in mirror writing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive7.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrive7-e1383598809748-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7071\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But perhaps my favorite picture of all\u2026. is this one at the national gallery\u2026. a girl in love with art, fulfilling her dreams of seeing the originals of the great masters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrivex1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/arrivex1-e1383599265547-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7074\"><\/a><br>\nArrivederci Roma\u2014- we shall return!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a fantastic week it was in Italy, and lots of good memories created. 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