You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.
A dash for home in Virginia, mid-September 2024 |

Back in Staunton in time for the Queen City: Mischief
& Magic fête, late September 2024 |

Two more walks, Augusta Springs Wetlands and Lake Sherando,
5 and 7 October 2024 |

The Natural Chimneys Park & Campground,
10 October 2024 |
Then a visit to Italy, October-November 2024
First to Rome, 15-21 October 2024
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Arriving in Rome near the Centro Storico,
15 October 2024
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The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls,
16 October 2024 |

The Basilica of St Clement & its complicated history,
including a 3rd century mithraeum, 17 October 2024 |

The Basilica of St Prassede,
17 October 2024
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A visit to the Palazzo Barberini for the art,
18 October 2024
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More from the Barberini & a visit to the Villa
Farnesina,
18-19 October 2024 |

A walk through Trastevere & a visit to the Palazzo Corsini,
19 October 2024 |

The Basilica di Sant'Andrea della Valle and Piazza
Navona,
20 October 2024 |

The Basilica of Santa Pudentiana & a few others,
21 October 2024 |

The Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli & a last walk
through the city, 21-22 October 2024 |
Then on to Naples, 22-31 October 2024
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Settling down in the Borgo Marinaro,
22 October 2024 |

The Castel Nuovo and the 'Christmas Alley',
23 October 2024
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A visit to the Museo di Capodimonte (1),
24 October 2024
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A visit to the Museo di Capodimonte (2),
24 October 2024
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Artemisia's 'grand return to Naples after 400 years',
25 October 2024
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The Duomo di Napoli & a look-in at the Chiesa di San
Lorenzo, 25 October 2024 |

The Lago d'Averno, famed 'Entrance to the
Underworld',
26 October 2024 |

A walk through the Spanish Quarter and a visit
to the
Chiesa di San Lorenzo, 27-28 October 2024 |

The Monastery and Museum of San Martino (1),
29 October 2024
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The Monastery and Museum of San Martino (2),
29 October 2024 |

Walking down the Pedamentina San Martino walkway
to town, 29 October 2024 |

The Chiaia district and last days in Naples,
30-31 October 2024 |
Then on to Tivoli, 31 October - 10 November 2024
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Welcome to Tivoli,
31 October - 1 November 2024
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A reconnoitre through the Tivoli old town, and
one church,
2 November 2024 |

The Tivoli castle 'Rocca Pia',
2-3 November 2024
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The Villa d'Este (1),
4 November 2024
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The Villa d'Este (2) and the search for the Tivoli Duomo,
4 November 2024 |

The Villa Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa) (1),
5 November 2024 |

The Villa Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa) (2),
5 November 2024 |

A reconnaissance in the Parco Villa Gregoriana,
6 November 2024
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The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (1),
7 November 2024
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The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (2),
7 November 2024 |

A Tivoli walkabout,|
8 November 2024
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A return to the Parco Villa Gregoriana (2),
9 November 2024
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Back in the USA, November 2024
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Back from Italy, ready for some bracing walks,
mid- and late November 2024
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Nativity crèche 2024, and some other bits
and bobs, December 2024
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In the meantime, we'll try to keep
up with the fierce pace of new
adventures as well.
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In the meantime, we'll try to keep
up with the fierce pace of new
adventures as well. |