The Road Goes Ever On

...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Return to Vatican City

We had an 11:30 Friday morning admission to the Vatican Museums and were on the bus and in a thick traffic jam by 9 AM. When we got to the L...

Friday, April 15, 2011

Santa Maria del Populo

On the northern side of the Piazza de Populo is the church of St. Mary del Populo, one of Bernini's architectural creations, where many ...

Villa Borghese and Piazza del Populo

The next day we had reservations for the Villa Borghese, easily one of the world's greatest "small" museums, and living proof ...

Palatine

While we had visited the Forum on earlier occasions, we had not ventured up the nearby Palatine Hill (whence comes our word "palace...

Foro Romano

The next day we undertook both the Forum and the adjoining Palatine Hill, which I will treat in separate posts. The Arch of Titus, commem...

Coliseum

We have visited the Coliseum a couple times before, but it never fails to impress. Knowing a bit more of ancient engineering, construction, ...

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