Thursday, March 27, 2008

High on culture

This is culture week in Rome which means free entry to many of the museums. I’ve decided it’s culture week for me too since Steve is away in Amsterdam--experiencing culture no doubt--and leaving me free to wander from gallery to gallery without worrying when to feed him.

His leaving was not without a little drama. Last night I prudently thought to give him his passport in case I forgot in the morning rush. Guess what? No passport. At some point in the last few weeks, it must have fallen out of my pocketbook or been lifted. Who knows. Bottom line we showed up at the American Embassy at 8 this morning so that Steve could get a new emergency passport in time to make his flight to Amsterdam.

I spent the aftrnoon at the Galleria Borghese, a virtual treasure house of sculpture and painting. Bernini, Bernini, Bernini, Carvaggio, Carvaggio, Carvaggio, Raphael, Raphael, Raphael. I left feeling the same way I often feel after a fabulous meal--sated with pleasure and slightly dizzy from all the richness.

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