Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre et la funiculaire I love this photo, one of my most favorite places in Paris. June 1973 Dear Mom Can’t remember when I last wrote!! We saw this last Monday and it was great. Tues. we went to Versailles – the garden there was beautiful!! Yesterday we saw NotreContinue reading “Paris, France”
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Ravenna, Italy
Vitalis (VI century) – Empress Theodora with her Court I went to Ravenna to see the mosaics in 1973 and I bought a lot of postcards because when I returned to school I had to write a paper on them. I thought it would be easier with visuals to remind me. This Mosaic is inContinue reading “Ravenna, Italy”
Hong Kong
View of Victoria about 1860 from the Collection of the City Hall Art Gallery, Hong Kong. Postcard courtesy of the Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong (1950’s?)
Florence, Italy
May, 1984 Hi, Does this scene ring a bell (with the David copy)? Palazzo Vecchio on right. It was raining and full of tourists when we were there. But inside we saw a most interesting exhibit of Leonardo’s drawings of horses, anatomical mostly. On loan from a castle in England – Queen’s. I still likeContinue reading “Florence, Italy”
Burma (Myanmar)
Postcard from the 1950’s. Shan Market, Burma.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walters Art Museum, January 2004 We saw theis mask at the museum. Have a good Day. Love (author age: 9)
Rome, Italy
December, 1983 We just got back from Rome – had a glorious time sightseeing, window shopping (elegant!), eating pasta, drinking cappuccinos several times per day. We had a good time. Rome is history, chaotic, beautiful and fun. I got black boots and postcards – nothing else. Wish you had been there too. Love.
