It may not be Christmas in July, but we got close today in March, hiking in a splendid sunlit morning to the church of the guy celebrated widely on December 6th and patron saint of U.S. Postal workers, or at least one of their biggest addressees.
One of the notable elements of Saint Nick's church (San Nicola in Carcere) is after having walked past half a gazillion ruined temples (give or take) to get to it, it turns out it's built on top of another two or three. An additional notable element is the distinct lack of reindeer.
Inside.
I wish you could have been here, though, because the ceiling, one of the many splendid ones in Rome, is a deep blue that brillianted in the morning sunlight.
The photo doesn't begin to do it justice.
And still no reindeer.
After three days of rain, the sky was washed clean and the morning pristine as we went for a cappuccino after Mass.
Not the Collosseum, but the Theater (Theatre, if you're British--but these were Romans) of Marcellus.
Looking west from above Piazza Venezia down the Via del Teatro Marcello towards the Tiber:
Looking at some trees and the sky and some domes and stuff:
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
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2 comments:
Wonderful pictures. I am envious. I hope to one day do the way of St. James at Compostella, but that may have to wait until I retire and the kids are out of college.
Do you use a point & shoot or a DSLR for your photos?
St. Nicholas is suppost to have a very good historical film coming out this Novemeber.
Blessings,
tom
So far just a point and shoot--trekking across town in the morning it's easier to throw one in the pocket.
Yeah, Compastella would be great--instead of waiting till the kids graduate snag them during a summer and take them with you.
Maybe pay for it by selling seashells or something.
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