Home

We just came back from Rome where we stayed for three weeks. My husband rented a home for us in the hill of Trastevere. It's a place very much looked for, full of restaurants but this is more in the lower ground. We were at the high, on the top of Goffredo Mameli street, almost at the Gianicolo which is a place where there are quite a big territory belonging to the Holly See, including the Hospital Bambino Gesu ( Baby Jesus). From our house it was easy to go to the Vatican, which was not realy far from us. So, you can imagine the times we went there.

It was not the first time but it's always such a moment of emotion as we, facing Saint Peter Basilica, felt that we realy were at Home. Yes, that is Home.

We took a lot of pictures, that I will post tomorow and following days.

The big moment was when we went to Castel Gandolfo where the Pope is for his holidays. I knew that he in July always goes to the mountains and I was a bit sad until I learnd that, this year, he wanted to go to Castel Gandolfo since July and until he goes to UK in September. It's the first time he does that and I felt it as a special blessing from Our Lord.

So, we went, so expectant of that imense previlege that is to receive a blessing from the Pope.

It was beyound whatever I can say. It was so amazing that my husband wanted to go again the following sunday - which was received with big joy. Being him an anglican by birth, I didn't want to press my husband but he was so happy there that was him who proposed to return. And everytime I looked at him I could see a transformed face - I can't find another word - looking extatic to the Pope. He, with us, waited in the sun for two hours until the doors opened and before that he went to buy a british flag by his own idea.

If you go to my other blog you can see the flag in the movies You Tube has.

It was a wonderful time and I, that always like so much to come back to my home as I like to go on holidays, I'm already missing the Pope and that Home of us all catholics that belong to that Church that we like so much.

Picture: I think I took it from wikipedia bit now I can't find the place.

Mr. Thornton

I quite prefer this version but it's not possible to post here anymore. You must go there to listen but it's worthwhile. Please go.

Wonderful person that Thornton made by Richard Armitage. Perfect.

Hello

I've been away for such longtime because I can't find the device to download pictures from my camera.
Today I found a way to be with you while I can't find the bloomin thing.
See these beauties of wonderful period dramas.

The beauty around us

I've been seeing, for four days, the visit of the Pope.
As a deeply catholic person, I was in Heaven.
Most things I saw in television but in the first day I went to Lisbon, to Terreiro do Paço, to the Mass said by the Pope. We were happy. It was the most profound hapiness. We saw the Pope near us in a distance of around 1.5m. when he was going out.
So, today, after four days of pure joy, after he went away back to Rome, with my soul like burning brass, I went to listen some music to calm down.
It was then that I heard this sublime music that has absolutly nothing to do with the Pope but it's just so beautiful.
You don't need to understand the lyrics.
Just listen the beauty.

She is a very known brasilian singer and he is one of the biggest portuguese singers, poets, composers. My uncle is so lucky to know him quite well and I like him so much since my teen years.

He's a very handsome man, perfect lips and nose, a perfect arab, like the people in Alentejo are - arabs, I mean.

Ah, the beauty around us.

Mother's Day

Yesterday was Mother's Day.

As you can see, I had a lot of presents.
The first one was from girl nº 3.
The drawaing was from my little girl. She says it's me and her in the picture.

Also the magnet, key ring and flower with her picture - those made at her school - was given by the little one.

My big girl gave me a box of AfterEight because she knows I like everything minty

and girl nº 2 gave me that beautiful rose.

Lovely presents.

And my husband gave me this hortensia

and made the lunch:

pork sirloin.



And didn't forgot the dessert!



Cheesecake!

Coming home

After staying at my sister in law, we came home, true home,ours.

It's so nice her town.

And her house. And her garden.

That first picture of a window is from her house.

But we came home.

I took some pictures from the car all the way to the airport.

And inside the plane.

Here we can see the mountains of the North of Spain with its tops covered in snow.
It was so good to be in England but coming home is so good too. It was good to see Spain - we are neighbours, so it was a sign that we were almost arriving.

London

I was seeing some pictures of our stay on England and looking for the ones I took when we went to London,

I realized that I didn't take many at the museus.
We went to the British Museum, to the Science Museum, to the Natural History Museum

and to the Victoria and Albert Museum. We liked it. I knew them already, because I went there many years ago. I felt such emotion in the Brirish Museum, seeing all those testimonies of the very ancient past.

(My big girl, left)

We went also to a fish and chips restaurant for great happiness of all the lot.

And what about the glorious hot chocolate I had in the afternoon?

Ah, that was really good.

And to end properly the trip, we went by bus to have a stroll by London.

And then home we went.

(View of London as we were going by train .

I'm missing England already.

19 !

Now big girl is 19!
It was on 21, April.
Here she is with her cake.

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Would you like now more english beauty?
Here it comes.

This is Chichester, a town I like so much. When I go there I can't help to take several pictures of this lane near the cathedral.

Isn't that beautiful?!

See you tomorow, I hope.

Bath

Darlings

I was not able to come to blogland for such a long time! It's not easy to have a reasonable big family and work outside and do those things I like so much. I really don't like to work outside - even if the work is quite enjoyable - but I do like the money I have in the end of the month!

So, today I managed to find a little time to come here and what I find? A bunch of delicious comments! Thank you so much!

Since you liked those pictures I posted on England, I dare to post some more about our trip to Bath where we stayed with some friends in a big and gorgeous house.

It's a lovely town, beautiful.

When we were going, the day was quite rainy which I didn't mind at all, being cosy inside the train, seeing that wonderful landscape, so beautiful as it was coming from inside a book.

It was a wonderful day.
We went to visit the roman baths

and we had a good walk.

The pleasure it was the same next day with a lot of walking and having a good shoping with the big girls.

Easter Sunday we went back to my sister in law for more delightfull days in England.

I'm quite tempted to post one more time about England next day I can come back to my computer.

About the closing of airports that some of you asked about: no, we were lucky enough to come back before the chaos. Me, for myself, wouldn't mind to stay a bit longer but the problem would be the girls's classes.