Day 100. Thursday 8th July.
Villa Adriana.
Emperor Hadrian built his country villa 20k from Rome on the outskirts of Tivoli. For Villa read small town. He lived there for the last 3 years of his life with all the attendant servants and slaves.
Systematically plundered for hundreds of years its now and enormous hot dusty load of old ruins and at 15 euros a pop is a bit steep. A great traveller and art lover he designed much of it himself and when he overheard a respected architect of the day taking the piss he had him banishes and killed. Serves him right.
Villa Adriana.
Emperor Hadrian built his country villa 20k from Rome on the outskirts of Tivoli. For Villa read small town. He lived there for the last 3 years of his life with all the attendant servants and slaves.
Systematically plundered for hundreds of years its now and enormous hot dusty load of old ruins and at 15 euros a pop is a bit steep. A great traveller and art lover he designed much of it himself and when he overheard a respected architect of the day taking the piss he had him banishes and killed. Serves him right.
Hadrians private island apartments. (entry by drawbridge)
The Canopus.
Get yer coat youve pulled!.
hi big brother glad to see u looking so well .still haveing fun i see much love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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ReplyDeleteWell don´t you look well for your holiday!!!!!
You seem to have lost weight.
I follow your diary and place comments now and them...i don´t know if you get them
The heat is pretty abrasive here in Granada too,but still try to do bits of work
love
Esperanza
how come you can go on holiday and lose weight when most of us after 2 weeks away from home eating and drinking - put it on!!!?
ReplyDeleteLove the blog guys look forward to reading more about your adventures.
After a flipping hot few weeks have had a week of wind and rain, have to say I don't mind it and the garden likes it even more!
Love Fi
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Guys is it just too hot to type!?!
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Didn't Hadrian also build a wall?
ReplyDeleteAnd if he did, then I think, on balance, the palace wins!
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