Getting away ...

     Summertime and the living is easy ... vacation and get away time for many of us.  Just changing the routine is sometimes enough ... at other times we desire to be elsewhere (like in Sunday's gospel when Jesus taught the crowds at the shore - oh how I wanted to be there ... Galilee or Maryland or Jersey or the Outer Banks).

     Even the Holy Father takes a vacation and escapes the heat of Rome.  He goes to Castel Gondolfo in the hills some thirty or so miles outside of Rome.  He relaxes by reading and writing, taking a break from the ordinary routine.

     Castel Gondolfo is a beautiful small town that rides the crest of a hill and overlooks a beautiful lake.  The Apostolic Palace is located just off of the town square.  I visited there a few years back.

     As our Holy Father enjoys his stay there, I post a few pictures that I took of the place.  Enjoy.