Rome

*Jake and I visited Rome's Non-Catholic cemetery. This gorgeous monument was designmed by a husband for his wife.

*Shelley's grave

*George Eliot found the cemetery to be the most attractive burial place she had ever seen and I agree- it was a beautiful oasis of calm and quiet within the busy city.

*map of where famous authors stayed when visiting or living in Rome

* The Keats/Shelley Museum is next to the Spanish steps and houses tons of treasures - letters, locks of hair, books, not to mention the room where Keats died.

Last week Jake and I took our first trip to Rome since living in Naples. We had both been to Rome years ago, but it was our first time being there together. We spend a lot of the trip following in George Eliot's footsteps and visiting the sights she saw during her 1860 trip to Italy.