We have been here a whole month! The time has gone so quickly, so you know we are having fun. Yesterday we had planned to go see the Pope at noon, but at 11:30 it was pouring rain so we didn’t go. At noon, the sun came out and Andy went for a walk and I stayed in and worked on a quilting block and read. And gave the old knee and leg a rest.
In the middle of the night, our toilet broke! With each flush, water oozed out at floor level. Oh JOY! We wrote to our leasing lady first thing this morning, and she said the plumber would be here at 2pm. So, we got dressed and went to Piazza del Popolo. This is a lovely square with an Egyptian obelisk in the center and 4 churches – one at each corner. (We have 4 banks at each corner at home.) one of the churches is the office of the Carabinieri – the military police. One is a very small church called Our Lady of the Miracle. It was built on the site where a child who had drowned in the Tiber was said to have been revived. One church has never been open in all the times I have been there, so maybe it isn’t used as a church anymore. Then there is St Mary of the Popolo church with two beautiful paintings by Caravaggio. One is of Saul’s conversion that the pope didn’t like, so he had Caravaggio paint another of the Crucifixion of St. Peter. Guess that passed since there are only two in the church.
Back home to wait on our wonderful handy man, Constantino. He got the toilet fixed, and charged us 30 Euros…less than $40, but our landlord said it was our responsibility because we broke the toilet…by sitting on it and rocking it back and forth. I don’t think we will be staying in this apartment the whole time we are in Italy. This landlord is a piece of work and we have never met him. Our leasing lady, Gabrielle is wonderful…and she is in the middle of this tiff with the landlord. Oh well, we shall see.
While we were out today, I bought a pair of Clark shoes…my favorite. They were on sale…of course. I had looked for some in Indiana and Dallas, but the ones I liked were sold out in my size. Glad to find these.
Last night it hailed here and today on the way to the Subway I saw ice in the grass where the sun wasn’t hitting. But, all in all we have had very pleasant weather. But we are ready for Spring. Primavera…Spring.
Goodnight, all.