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day trip, Gardens, Italian Gardens, Tivoli, Tivoli Gardens, Travel
We were in the early planning stages of our impending trip to Italy when Frank first mentioned that he wanted to take a day trip to visit Tivoli Gardens.
My reaction was…
“What?”
“You want to go and tour a garden in Italy…
…In late fall?”
“Besides, you never visit gardens…”
The discussion didn’t end there:
“What is the point in seeing gardens in the winter when everything will be dead?” I asked him.
I envisioned barren trees and shrubs devoid of life.
Empty gardens filled with dried fallen leaves.
It sounded so depressing.
He gave me the courtesy of thinking it over for a day.
However, in the end, he remained adamant.
Further, he not only wanted to visit Tivoli Gardens, but Emperor Hadrian’s Villa as well.
They were both featured on a half day trip.
I agreed and resigned myself to this four hour day trip. At least the whole day won’t be wasted.
Looking back now, I was never more wrong in my life.
The time we spent at Hadrien’s Villa and Tivoli Gardens were the most magical moments of our whole trip.
Once I got there…
…..I didn’t want to leave!
Lovely! is