It all worked! Docent was exceptional.

It all worked. Lauren was truly exceptional. A great teacher, she communicated the excitement of her passion to the 6 of us on the trip, and her knowledge of Italian Nativities (and I assume much else in Italian art and history) is profound. My wife and I would gladly come back to Rome to have her guide us for three solid days instead of three solid hours!

So far, I've been very impressed. I am not normally a tour person, as I tend to prefer to enjoy sites at my own pace. But on the "Rome Holiday walks", Lauren Golden tied together many historical odds and ends that I had been puzzling over throughout my trip in Italy (I had visited Venice and Florence prior to Rome). Wonderful holiday treat, and Santa Maria Maggiore was something I would have missed if left to my own devices. So glad I saw it! Would you please pass a message on to Lauren for me? Tell her that I did go to Capitoline Museum because she had intrigued me, and I indeed did love the Tabularium. Astounding and the only thing I've seen close to it is the Qing Chinese house in the courtyard of Salem, MA's Peabody Essex Museum. The view of the ruins from the tabularium is the closest I've come to standing in the shoes of the 19th century travel writers. Grazie!

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