Went to the hotel from the airport, but the room was not ready. So, we took a shower in the spa, dumped the suitcases and headed for a walk. The hotel is right in the middle of downtown. In about four minutes of walk, we reached the Trevi Fountain. We were here last in 2015 with the two daughters and the Roy family from Dallas!

It was cool in the shade but fairly warm in the sun. This thing has survived for nearly two thousand years!

The very first king of unified Italy.

This was the last archaelogical site we could go to before Sharmila had to head out to see the Sistine Chapel. I went back to my room to go for a walking tour with some of my colleagues.

The famous emperor whose writings on Meditations have been read all over the world.

I had to look it up. It has thirteen of them! Needless to say, more than any other city. This one is the Obelisk of Montecitorio. This was originally made in Aswan (Egypt) and brought in from there!

So, here we are in Rome, doing, somewhat expectedly, what Romans do. Eating too much, walking everywhere, pretending to understand Italian menus.

Meanwhile, back home, Jay Jay has apparently decided to live his local life uninterrupted. He dragged our poor dog sitter all the way to downtown Alpharetta and, with single-minded determination, marched straight into Chiringa – our local bar – and parked himself right next to his usual spot.

The Chiringa crew (Mae featured here) has been sending us photo updates.

This dog is not to be trusted.

We went for a walk around in the city today before leaving

One of Sharmila’s art friend had recommended visiting this artist Marcel who makes various things – like – scarves with his paintings on them. We found the place and the artist!!

This houses the Supreme Court of Italy

Climb in and suddenly you’re on a first-name basis with every inch of the car.

This is at the port of Split

Hunting for some gelato now!

“Yes,” she replied!!

We came back to Split. There was a farmer’s market style market going on. Ran across this gentleman, Brando who was selling a few fountain pens he had made from olive tree wood. Of course, I had to get myself one!

Why would one put a cloth cover around a boat fender?

The seagull attacked and chased the drone away!!

This is off the island of Drvenik Veli

Typically sharp cliffs like, azure waters and red roof houses

Mario Ercegovic! We had a great time chatting with and learning from our young captain today.