Category: Rome Italy

• It’s The End, But It’s Far From Over

  I wish, I wish, I wish in vain I wish, I wish I was a youth again But a youth again I can never be Till apples grow on an ivy tree. ~~”Love Is Pleasing” The Dubliners [The Bridge of Sighs, Venice. Photo is mine] I didn’t think I could do it. I worried that…

  patrickjegan

  June 24, 2023

  Adriatic Sea, Adriatic Sea Cruise, art, death, England, environmental degradation, History, In Search of Lost Time, Kennet & Avon Canal, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Paris France, Pompeii, Real Personal History, Rome Italy, seniors, The Pope, Travels, Venice

  aging, Aging & Walking, Canterbury England, Dorset, England, Final Adventures

• Rome: Antiquity, Beauty & Faith

  Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her. ~ ~ G. K. Chesterton [One of the iconoclastic images in the world. The Colosseum of Rome. What is not so famous is the construction equipment in the foreground. Photo is mine.] Part One: The City As A…

  patrickjegan

  May 22, 2023

  art, Colosseum of Rome, Films and filmmaking, History, Holding onto the Past, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History, Religion, Rome Italy, The Pope, Travels

  Roman Ruins, Rome Italy, The Pope, Trevi Fountain, Vatican City