Prelude to My Roamin Holiday Giveaway
To kick off my Roamin Holiday Giveaway, I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane of my own Roman Holiday in October of 2007 when my brother Stephen and his wife Wendy were married at The Vatican. Stephen & Wendy rented us a villa in Castel Gandolfo. Castel Gandolfo is a small town in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope. (View of our villa) It was voted one of the most beautiful towns in Italy. It includes almost the whole coastline of Lake Albano and is surrounded by many summer residences, villas and cottages built during the seventeenth century. (Relaxing in the villa) Here we are eating, drinking and sharing good times in the villa's kitchen downstairs. The Main Square in Castel Gandolfo with the Pope's residence in the background. We were so fortunate to be able to attend the Papal Ble...