Dr Yool: It's time to go - next stop Rome (well, technically it's Gatwick ...)
Dr Yool: Awaiting Leg 2 (post-taxi)
Dr Yool: Leg 3 awaits on the tarmac ...
Dr Yool: OK - so now I've landed ... Made even better by the accompaniment of a Bossa Nova version of Phil Collins - it's culture, culture, culture from here on in
Dr Yool: The branding of our host - the CNR - even extends to how they lay out their sugar sachets ...
Dr Yool: This looks very familiar ... yes, Las Vegas' Venice hotel!
Dr Yool: Rome's big on graffiti, but Wonder Woman is still unexpected
Dr Yool: Random non-ruins in Rome - I’m sure it'll all make sense by and by ...
Dr Yool: A Brexiteer's wet dream
Dr Yool: Five courses later ... the CRESCENDO project puts on a grand spread (and, no, I skipped the veal)
Dr Yool: Day 3 at the CNR ... Q: will 1.5 degrees C climate change fly? A: seems a bit optimistic
Dr Yool: The holidays begin! *Almost* - still waiting for the final ingredient - Carole - to arrive ...
Dr Yool: The Spanish Steps are not discernibly different from the many Italian steps I've taken today
Dr Yool: ... Though the view is good from the top of the Steps ...
Dr Yool: So it's not just Britain who stole stuff from Egypt ...
Dr Yool: Another glorious Roman square, another column-mounted Saint ...
Dr Yool: The stuff of Empire ...
Dr Yool: The top part of the Trevi Fountain - the bottom part was swarmed with tourists like me
Dr Yool: She made it! And we're pounding the streets as tourists already ...
Dr Yool: I Am Spartacus!
Dr Yool: Glorious Ruin
Dr Yool: Are we sure the Romans didn't invent cricket?
Dr Yool: Fascist Aesthetic
Dr Yool: This is our sky, how's yours?
Dr Yool: One of Il Duce's fave haunts, the Vittoriano
Dr Yool: Caught a nice bit of go-slow direct action by an enormous peloton of cyclists in the 'burbs of Rome
Dr Yool: Definitely having one of these in the lounge when we get home!
Dr Yool: The Dove From Above
Dr Yool: Gold-plated ceilings seem to be a thing in Rome
Dr Yool: While there's a lot of work on offer, I pity the person whose job it is to make anatomically-realistic horse statues