March 5 - 18

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March 18

Weekend trip to natural Thermal Bath in Viterbo (Terme di Papi)

Can drives again!

After 4 hours she finally gets out....off to neighboring Tuscania (again) for dinner

After dinner we discover we are fogged in!

Luckily the girls ( Donna and Elisa) helped keep us awake

March 11

A trip to Hadrian's Villa and Villa D'Este (Tivoli)

Can - our driver for the day, a friend who volunteered to get us out into the country-side, and tom-tom our navigator.

The crew leaving Roma

Entry to the vast villa of emperor Hadrian (built in 118)

A ceiling with original frescoe still intact

James appearing sceptical at Can's use of his new camera...

The scale of many of the buildings was immence (large baths in background)

The pool

Maritime Theater

Then nearby the Villa d'Este

Ceiling frescoes in Villa's noble apartments

View from balcony of the hundreds of gravity fed fountains down in the gardens ( Tivoli is perched on a hill top)

The way down to the Garden Piazza/entry

One path across the width of the "garden of a thousand fountains" (Villa d'Este)

Donna, Can and James (photo credit: Jeanette Veverka)

March 7, Shopping for picnic supplies in our neighborhood market before the train ride to Ostia Antica

Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the oldest churches in Rome, just down the street from our apartment

March 7 - Off to the ruins of Rome's anchient Port: Ostia Antica

Train to Ostia from Ostience (near Pyramid) and Porta Paulo

The River Tevere (Tiber) from the ancient port

March 5, Donna's Mom arrives!

We go to Ganicolo for her first view ( this time in Roma)

Our Friend Annie ( she is very fast!) and she was Unofficial Tourguide for an awesome afternoon!

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