Beauty: Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy
Right after an afternoon storm, sunlight glows upon “Angel with a Lance,” a 15th century sculpture guarding the Tiber River by Bernini’s arch rival Domenico Guidi.

Right after an afternoon storm, sunlight glows upon “Angel with a Lance,” a 15th century sculpture guarding the Tiber River by Bernini’s arch rival Domenico Guidi.
We've been hearing reports from Rome. It's already chaos with an unusually busy (and early) tourist season, the Jubilee in full swing, and a new Pope. We almost never recommend taking an August vacation in Italy (or in Southern Europe, for that matter). Americans are often
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