Chapter Five – Arrivederci Roma.  Hello Trouble! Act IX: Is This A Hit, The Curious Christmas Caper At CDG, Home Sweet Home, Discovery…Denial…Disgust…Dejection, A Sleuth In Paris And A Hollywood Ending? Our wake up call came as planned at the bewitching hour of 4 a.m. Carefully, or as carefully one […]

Chapter Four – Roman Holiday Comes To A Close Next: Act VII – Let’s Get A Tan, Where Is Everybody, Yes We’re With The Television Crew, On Top Of The World, For The Birds, The Scene Of The Crime, Seeing Rome In A Different Light, What Dinner Reservations and Finally […]

Chapter Three – Ecstasy & The Agony: The Fall Of Rome Act V: The Invisible Villa, Sheer Ecstasy, Purple Reigns, Finding An Old Friend, Revenge Of The Poo, Down Goes Frazier, Shutting It Down For The Day, Pass The Pringles & Panettone Please, The Magic Elixir, My Favorite Sculpture, Outside […]

Chapter Two – Museums & Churches, Vino & Dessert Act III: History Comes Alive, Finally Finding Cul De Sac, The Church That’s Always Closed, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, More Churches, They Should Serve A Caesar Salad Here, The Zabaione Zone and The Deep Freeze Awakening to menacing skies, […]

Chapter One – There’s No Place Like Rome Friends, Acquaintances, Fellow Travelers: Lend me your ears (well, in this case your eyes). I come to praise Rome, not to bury it, although at times it nearly buried me.  Tracy and I had visited Rome on two different occasions earlier this […]