Rome is eternal, but we just had a week there, crammed with too many things to see and beset by too many blisters. This was my scribbled-on, bedraggled to-do list after five days:
Sadly Ponte Milvio did prove a bridge too far, but we managed to get to almost everything else. And Tom took a picture that could be a cover for the Rome novel I'm writing - this is from the Protestant cemetery, where we spent a fantastic hour:
I've realized that place is the most important starting point for so much of my work. I had various plans and ideas (vague thoughts, really) before I went to Rome, but now much more is clear to me, and the story began revealing itself in the most unexpected places.
I wish I could get started on this right away, while Rome is still seething in my head, but now I must turn my attention to a sequel to RUINED. This has pushed its way to the front of the queue, in an Italian-like manner.
This last picture is me and TMiddy at the Trevi Fountain. We got up at 6:30 AM on Saturday to see it without the noise of the usual 400-strong crowd. We threw coins in, of course, as per the instructions in THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN. (TM: "I think I missed.")
Great stuff, you sure covered some territory!
How was the coffee? xx
Posted by: Bookman Beattie | June 10, 2011 at 12:05 AM