Snoozing in Roma long ago and now just observing!
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Miracolo! This lovely weather is holding up and so perfect to walk in on a Sunday when most of the town is sleeping in and the kitties at the kitty shelter/ruin are basking. Cool word “basking”, no? The origin initially meant “to bathe oneself'”which is exactly what it feels like…a nice sunbath!
The little putti outside our window. I used to think it would talk to me, haha.
Sun on a building next door.
Sun, bathing the strange building out our window that we think was a Roman gymnasium, whose Latin on the side of the building we cannot seem to translate:
ADITUM AD FOR MI ARCHIGYMNASII-CREGORIANI-ANGUSTUM-FLEXUOSUM-S.P.Q.r.EXPLICAVIT.COENOBII.FRONTEM.EXORNAVIT.AN.M.DCC.LII
Would love to know what it says, if anyone knows Latin well!!!
Thank you for the pictures of a place we will never see otherwise !
Oh, mama has so many pics so maybe while they are in Rome, she will put in more sweet moments in this amazing city. Happy to do it.
Rome is beautiful, sweet Angel LouLou and you are most awwdorable dreaming away😻 Double Pawkisses for a Happy Day to you and your mommy too🐾😽💞
Merci, Peachy and Faye, and we hope you two are bonding well. We love your daily …uh…interactions, especially on the cat tree, haha.
Sunshine makes everything better.
That’s the truth and we have a lot of it.
Looks like your parents are enjoying Rome dear Loulou! Beautiful sights and perfect weather – nice combination.
Hugs, Pam and Ted
We’ll post some more photos soon, too. Lots to see on the streets!
I feel like I’m strolling through Rome myself, Loulou, and basking in the sunlight.
Well, I’d say come on anytime but our quarters here are limited…still, for a garden you ccn stroll in the villa Borghese!
Beautiful photos, especially the one of you. XO
AWW…I’m a blushing Tuxie angel today!
Those are wonderful photos, it looks like your view is amazing!
Brian’s Home ~ Forever
Well, they do have a nice view of the schoolkids in the piazza at lunchtime, haha, and the police hanging out outside the Police headquarters on the other side of the piazza.
Call it basking or sunbathing, it’s a nice way to relax.
Maybe the putti will turn and speak to you one day, or come find you on your cloud and have a nice chat.
Now that is something I look forward to, Ms Messymimi. I’ll be waiting.
Well, that inscription is a modern mystery indeed. We ran it through google and it came up with: “ACCESS TO THE FOR MI OF THE ARCHIGYMNASIUM OF CREGORIA, NARROW, FLEXIBLE, S.P.Q.r. EXPLAINED. THE FRONT OF THE CONVENT. EXORCED. IN THE YEAR 1855.” Make of that what ye will. Maybe ask around the locals?
But what fine weather you have had, Loulou and family. Perfect for early morning walks, and trips to the gym 😉
Wherever you are, have a lovely week.
ERin
OH, ERIN, you are the FIRST person to come up with anything. We could’t get a response from Google and mama is pretty good with old Mr. G. MERCI…we’ll take it from here and do some local probing. Perhaps it was a convent. There is a tiny church below it but not part of it. MERCI.
Well, the inscription is from 1752, so it’s not Roman, to begin with! Not ancient Roman, at any rate. I thought I knew Latin well, but it doesn’t seem to make any sense to me!
Explicavit means he or she explained.
Coenobium is a monastery, so someone decorated (exornavit) the facade of this building, which I assume was a monastery, in 1752. The Archiginnasio of Bologna is the original main university building. Are you in Bologna? I thought you were in Rome.
At all events, I understand most of the individual words, but I can’t seem to make a coherent sentence out of the inscription.
The pictures are beautiful though – and especially the one of LouLou.
MERCI so, so much for all that you came up with. The date is 1852, not 1752, as we have a bit of Latin and we are in Rome. No Bologna anywhere in the inscription but you have given us some of this strange inscription and we are piecing it together with help from you wonderful responders!
Good MORNING! It is good to be here again!
OH, welcome, welcome and we’re so happy you are there again.