Rome 24hrs

I only had an afternoon and evening in Rome. I stayed at a women’s hostel right in the middle of things. Very comfortable.

When I arrived Apollo was in his element, but Dusk was ready to slip in. It took Night a while to establish her sway but it was total. A full cycle of sun, twilight, darkness…

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I was so happy to have some sunshine and enough light for a photo after I got into Rome from the airport.

I liked the angles and lines in the next shot. There’s a bike path along the Tiber and I went down onto it to get a different view. There are staircases all along the river, although once I was down, it took a long time before I found the next staircase. I feared I’d have to retrace my steps.

A wide apron of rain sweeping down to me.

The rain was well underway as I passed the “wedding cake” building, but patches of blue sky and pink clouds struggle to emerge.

Entering the courtyard of this church felt unreal when I went. Looks like Disney in this photo, don’t you think?