I visited Rome…a friend had said “Rome just keeps giving,” and he was right. Every corner you turn, there was something spectacular, ecstatic, surprising…and yet all very comfortable and inviting. What a splendid place, splendid people, a plaza society.

There is no “but” coming—it’s all good. Sights, people, food, transportation, weather, people watching: what a place, so old and yet not jaded.

It is monumental, things are large and then you get to someplace like St. Peter’s, the Coliseum, the Vatican Museums or the Pantheon and it is REALLY LARGE! Photos fail to catch the scale. And of course, it’s impossible to catch how nice people are, the quality of the food, sandwiches, coffee, wine, pizzas, dinners, seafood, or the close-in vistas that reveal themsleves all along those narrow streets.

Now back in Berlin, a different scene entirely, enjoyable in a different way.

And I note New England is getting your classic St. Patrick’s week blizzard.