tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2935227117360575952..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Rome at Christmas, by Carol DrinkwaterMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15796084767633475402016-01-03T15:59:19.937+00:002016-01-03T15:59:19.937+00:00The amazing thing about Rome to me was the bits of...The amazing thing about Rome to me was the bits of the ancient past literally built into the structures. ...Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35461444895117372772016-01-03T15:57:41.729+00:002016-01-03T15:57:41.729+00:00I visited Rome first as a seven year old and adore...I visited Rome first as a seven year old and adored it: wept bitterly when we had to leave. It was the art and the architecture. It felt like fairyland to me. Returning 40 years later it was still as marvellous though I hated crossing the road. I was struck though with the power and wealth of the Vatican; what would Jesus have thought? And the confidence of that inscription on the inside of the dome: WHAT YOU BIND ON EARTH I WILL BIND IN HEAVEN. Or arrogance even? Sorry if I'm offending Catholics. My grandmother was one, so I feel entitled to criticise. I think Francis is a decent man but still so limited as far as women's issues go.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-28335787254831127692015-12-28T20:06:33.931+00:002015-12-28T20:06:33.931+00:00How uplifting to read this - capturing an almost u...How uplifting to read this - capturing an almost undefinable 'magic' - I want to go to Rome again...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620469963118348907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64213009833444144152015-12-27T00:14:27.703+00:002015-12-27T00:14:27.703+00:00What a wonderful trip you just took me on, it brou...What a wonderful trip you just took me on, it brought back raw feelings of joy and wonder when looking up at the dome. It is time for me to go back!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11127862225227784595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31134724168162112132015-12-26T18:29:38.661+00:002015-12-26T18:29:38.661+00:00Lovely. I've never been to Rome - maybe next y...Lovely. I've never been to Rome - maybe next year!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78103746042929395182015-12-26T17:04:48.566+00:002015-12-26T17:04:48.566+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608154598518689084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52148115109330317322015-12-26T13:07:52.594+00:002015-12-26T13:07:52.594+00:00Many thanks for this evocative post. I felt like ...Many thanks for this evocative post. I felt like I was there with you, hearing the echoing voices, gazing with awe at the marvelous art, seeing the sunrise. Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780684192886593202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49581073005576385232015-12-26T11:13:08.863+00:002015-12-26T11:13:08.863+00:00You never fail to inspire me with your writing.As ...You never fail to inspire me with your writing.As a Catholic,one of my bucket list is Rome ,and all it's beauty and history.But you brought the facts and beauty of the city wonderfully alive with your writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03680777687553420387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35909823031326176842015-12-26T06:58:58.334+00:002015-12-26T06:58:58.334+00:00I used to live in Rome, Carol, and your blog fille...I used to live in Rome, Carol, and your blog filled me with nostalgia. My next novel will be set there and I've been reading about Rome in the eighteenth century, when there were few tourists in summer as winter was the fashionable season. You used to be able to get straight from St Peter's to the museums beyond - no queues! Miranda Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847761353240720080noreply@blogger.com