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Today in Rome



Not their usual faces...

....ah, that's better


We walked up an awful lot of stairs in Rome
We took the ones on the right here


An unexpected view accessed through a coffee shop

Margie Richardson made us pretend we were going to have coffee here

But the view was well worth it



Romulus and Remus

Foro Romana



Colosseum

Harriet and Michael make sure they will come back to Rome by throwing coins into the Trevi Fountain


Nick, Harriet and Rev'd Jenny

 I did too, to make Three Coins in the Fountain


At lunch with the Campbells

...and the Hemptons

...and Harriet

...and Michael and Michael's Spaghetti


Leonie at Via di Bocca di Leone IV

Michael was sooooo happy to be at Prada

Spanish Steps, where the great Glove Store is
Just ask me, or Leonie, or Alison or Anna

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