Thursday Doors 17/2/22: Cerveteri 2.

Today we say goodbye to Cerveteri, its doors and Flavia. This late August trip last year was our last getaway.

As you can tell, I miss outings like this and then don’t go anywhere. It’s still a bit chilly, but it’s not that. My feet are hurting but it’s not (only) that either. I’m in need of some company. That’s why I’m extra glad when you come over.

This is the second and last post from Cerveteri, a town between my home in southern Tuscany and Rome. There are many towns in between but when amore drives us to Rome and back we never stop. Similarly, when we drive to Slovenia, all 7 or 8 hours of it, we never play tourists but rush along the highways to reach our destination. Last year it was brilliant when amore had to stop for an online meeting and my visitors from Oregon got to see Padua, and I too, for the first time.

So this was my only visit to Cerveteri for now. We start in the square when we stopped the last time. It’s 4 pm, the town is getting ready for a wine and grape festival but we will leave before it starts, and who knows when we meet again.

Bestia spotted from the bench. Mine was at home with amore.

An archy bar and a stern door.

I like this colour scheme.

A restaurant.

Another stone face music door.

Ah, how cute. But padlocked.

I know, a window.

Overgrown.

I took a lovely photo of Flavia between these two pink flowers.

But she doesn’t like close-ups. This is the farthest she’d allow.

Through the fence.

A water feature.

An archaeological museum.

A church.

Santa Maria Maggiore.

A boar, regional mascot.

In the back the festival was being set up, but I was happy with a gelato. “Kave” means “coffees” in Slovenian.

A pretty green arch.

The last look of Cerveteri in one direction….

…and in the other. We could be anywhere but we were here.

For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities

This day in my blogging history

• 2015: And then I was 16 again with a 30-minute film from Yugoslavia, entitled “The Good Old Days of Tito-style Communism”

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  2016: Christmas Ljubljana Monochrome Madness

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  2017: Stop That Train: mimosa and some tunes

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  2019: Your breath is sweet
  Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky (Bob Dylan)

  The story of the Soča (Isonzo) river: At around 40 she leaves Slovenia for Italy. Don’t we all.