Journey in the rainbow: in the colors of the universe
Siamo un fermento, siamo pieni di adrenalina: Roma ci attende, e noi fantastici 4 non la facciamo mai aspettare.
La città eterna ci aspetta a braccia aperte, speriamo nelle braccia accoglienti del Santo Father.
The morning flows tumultuous, between preparations, final checks on the Pio camper, clothing and provisions: everything OK at 2.15 pm, when we go to say goodbye to our Eugene, to get him on board our heart and take him with us on our earthly journey, and on our journey of life.
Eugene he blesses us with his ever-wonderful rainbow:
Abbiamo la gioia nel cuore, il sorriso sulle labbra e l’love of Eugene e di GodFather nella nostra vita. E tutto questo ci basta.
Alle 14.46, con qualche minuto di ritardo sulla nostra tabella di marcia, partiamo in direzione Roma.
The fantastic 4 of us always together, aboard our beloved camper Pio.
In circa 3 ore arriviamo a destinazione: Roma.
We had taken care to arrive on time to meet our dearest Antonella Cacchione, estimated for 6 pm, so we preferred to say hello only from a distance to our chocolate croissant from the Casilina Est autogrill and the colorful factory that Eugene.
Alle 18 circa Roma ci saluta con un meraviglioso tramonto:
Journey to the Rainbow 47Journey to the Rainbow 48Journey to the Rainbow 49Rainbow Trip 50Rome's ring road, with the bridge illuminated by iconsthe bridge over the GRA with the symbols of Rome
Roma: siamo ancora tuoi. Una parte, una grande parte del nostro cuore, è custodita fra le tue mura!
Helped by my new navigator Garmin 780, I reach the Vatican park, located in via delle Fornaci, with some small difficulty due to the pressing traffic.
Ampio, quasi vuoto, visto l’orario di fine giornata lavorativa, abbastanza denso di immondizia, che purtroppo a Roma dilaga. Sigh!
I give Lussy, our beloved beagle, a walk to stretch her legs a bit, oops paws!
Mando un messaggio ad Antonella, che mi risponde subito: è ancora in riunione, ma dovrebbe sbrigarsi a breve. Nessun problema: serata gradevole, freddina ma senza pioggia.
Percorriamo tutta via delle Fornaci fino all’incrocio con Via di Porta Cavalleggeri, e Roma ci offre il suo spettacolo più bello: il cupolone di San Pietro!
the dome of San Pietro seen from via delle Fornacius fantastic 4 and the dome of St. Peter'sus fantastic 4 and the dome of St. Peter'sRainbow trip 51
At 19.30 we meet with our doc of the heart ♥ Antonella Cacchione, oncologist of Eugene, dottoressa di cuore, dottoressa dal cuore materno, mum adottiva di migliaia di bambini che amorevolmente sono affidati alle sue cure.
Giuseppina, Antonella Cacchione, Francesca and Remigio in Rome
Non è stato un semplice incontro: è stata una fusione di anime, accomunate da un unico love nelle spoglie di Eugene, in the unique being that the angel who passed here on earth represented for our lives, that we parents had in our arms for 14 years and Antonella took care of his body for nine months.
Come nel suo giovane corpo di mum temprata dal lavoro e dalla famiglia avesse ancora una volta partorito la luce e la grazia e l’love per Eugene.
Once again another scar is added to the countless collections in his life.
But the experience with Eugene he gave her a smile: the same one he gave to us, to each of us.
St. Peter looks at us closely and seems pleased with our smiles, so much so that those clouds in the distance seem to join our smiles.
Ci diciamo grazie, e ancora grazie: non smettiamo di ripetercelo. Ma il grazie va soprattutto al nostro supereroe, al nostro guerriero, al nostro angelo che ha sconfitto la morte col sorriso, con l’love, con la gioia della condivisione.
La vediamo scomparire a bordo del suo scooter immersa nel traffico romano e nel freddo della sera, illuminata dalle mille luci della Roma ancora attraversata dai turisti impavidi.
We choose a nearby pizzeria, hungry and cold we dive into the well-heated and exquisitely graceful room: Castle pizza restaurant.
A very young waitress with an Eastern European accent brings us our orders in the blink of an eye, which we taste down to the last crumb with equal speed and voracity.
Francesca and Giuseppina in the Castello pizzeria in RomeFrancesca in the Castello pizzeria in Rome
We couldn't go to sleep not having smelled and tasted St. Peter's Square, the candid and heavenly flavor of the Vatican, with its thousand columns that seem to embrace and pamper you.
Journey to the Rainbow 52colonnade of St. PeterJourney to the Rainbow 53Journey to the Rainbow 54Journey to the Rainbow 55colonnade of St. Peter's SquareJourney to the Rainbow 56Journey to the Rainbow 57Journey to the Rainbow 58St. Peter's at nightJourney to the Rainbow 59Rainbow Trip 60Rainbow Trip 61colonnade of St. Peter
Percorriamo la scalinata che porta al sottopassaggio e sentiamo fragorose auto e pullman passarci proprio sopra la testa.
On the other side awaits us camper Pio, Lussy and our evening prayer.
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