Arrivederci Roma

It is raining again in Rome

And here we sit drafting this poem

For sites yet to see, it’s wet we will be …

Rome wasn’t built in a day

Natale di Roma is the birthday celebration of the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC.

We are in the world’s smallest country, the world’s largest church and the superpower of the Catholic Church.

We are Olympians!! Well … at least we are staying in the former 1960 Summer Olympic Village in Rome.

Our train to Segovia passed by snow capped mountains and dozens of deer grazing the pastoral countryside.

Dazzling Mosques, Synagogues and Cathedrals can be found in this ancient locale known as the ‘City of Three Cultures’.

Perusing through an open air used book fair can be a grand way to spend an afternoon. Don Quixote anyone?

Springtime in Madrid! One day the weather is sunny and a perfect 80°F; the next raining and a cool 53°F.

Magnificent Madrid, the capital of Spain, is chock full of museums, art, history, parks, culture and life.

We stepped back 2,000 years in time when we arrived in this ancient Roman capital called Tàrraco.