Caprarola and local Coppede District

Spiral staircase.  This villa is cool on the inside and the gardens are well known for their fountains.  We visited in Jan however so the fountains weren't in service.

Map Room

In the garden, on Jan 11th one beautiful rose growing

Frescoes

Not so beautiful from the front....and it doesn't show how big it is.  This place doesn't make the tour books, but it should.  Only one hour north of Rome.

Church with beautiful mosiacs....an area of Rome not far from our new apartment called the Coppede District

Here is the Piazza Mincio with a 'frog' fountain in the center.  A Dad and his son had bought a remote speedboat and had it in the fountain.  The kid was in heaven.

These were apartment buildings, but at one time they were single villas

Hard to capture this small area of the city.  But yeah, a chandelier over the arch....cars of course drive through.

The Sella Ronda.  Fantastic snow conditions.

Basically the view from our apartment, however it wasn't a place to go in the winter....the ski bus connections were not good.

 Santa Christina one more time.  It's a really gorgeous area of the world.  We had 4 lovely days of sunshine and warmth and great skiing conditions.  I doubt we get back there to ski again.  I tried to soak it in as best as I could.  We had planned a full week here, but of course Gilles called his whirlwind tour of the Rome projects so we had to train to Rome and back mid-week.  Then when we arrived on Thursday, it was snowing very heavily and we left on Friday to try to get to Trieste for more meetings.  Such is life, but I'm glad we made it back even for a short time.