The sun rose today at 7:35 on the Vatican curial calendar but the hour is now different since daylight savings ended at 03:00 here in the Central European Time zone: hence 6:37 (the calendar is off a couple minutes according to more accurate online clocks). Sunset is at 18:13 on the Vatican calendar, hence: 17:35 (or really 17:10).
The Ave Maria is in the 17:30 cycle on the curial calendar. It was adjusted!
So, the Vatican screwed up its own calendar.
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A detail from Guido Reni’s Angels Adoring the Holy Trinity which just came down from above the main altar of The Parish.
St. Ann, please help me with my apartment. Oh… sorry… I didn’t realize that you saw the consistory list, too, and Baby Jesus is consoling you.
Gotta love these.
A nice quiet humble place I go to once in a while. I was here with The Great Roman™ for a bowl of fettucine with a cream of artichoke, caccio e pepe. It was good. Nice guys there.
Since it still got dark before closing time before the change of the legal hour last night, on Saturday I caught the illuminated window of Gammarelli with classic cardinalatial gear.
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A great view. In the foreground one of the 18th c. mondazzaro signs. In the background on the wall behind the black car, a pomerium marker of the Emperor Claudius.
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White to move and mate in 4
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
I’m curious as to prices in Italy. Are there similar economic concerns there as in the US?
Thanks for telling us the name of a restaurant in Rome that you like. I’ll give it a try whenever I’m back in Rome.
Sid: restaurant
Farnese… yeah… it’s a good place. It is NOT fancy. It’s homey and the staff are friendly and good to us priests. They made solid, dependable food which verges on excellent consistently. Their prices are good. They can make you a gin and tonic with Fever Tree. Just don’t take a recommendation for a special gin they have, I don’t remember the name. It tastes nearly exactly like soap.
Rev. Father, thank you for your reply. I’ll be praying that you get your new residence in Rome