A beautiful young cat, the town has lots of them, all well groomed

Capena is all hills

Sauce with meatballs, tonights dinner

meatballs made with fresh beef, garlic ,bread crumbs, basil, egg, paremesan cheese, cooked in olive oil

In the Kings seat

Mosaic , all the mosaic and tile work done by Rosina Wachtmeister the famous artist

View from Pucci,s apartment

Pucci,s friend on Maui in the 70,s

Specail cocktail

Home made popscile

Small area of rest, with tile work. The artist Rosina Wachtmeister , who was born in Vienna in 1939, was raised in Brazil after the war, in 1967 her paintings shown in Rome. Since 1974 has lived in Capena, she her website www.rosina-wachtmeister.com

More tile work

Dragon made of tiles, notice shadow of famous camera man

benches made of tiles

Materials for restoring roof

Man restoring roof

Man working on restoring roof, they remove all old stone pavers, clean and replace tiles

Bimboland , a baby store

A very nice local vegetable market

House of Stefano , the computor guru and all round handy man

The closest market to where I live, about a block away

Some teenagers hanging out at the piazza del Liberte in the early evening

A new Smart car, the guy that got out was almost as big as the car

Cactus bush with fruit almost ripe

At the coffe house in the morning

Newstand in Capena

Late afternoon at town square in Capena

Part of Saturday morning market in Capena

Sunset

Sunsey from piazzia del Liberte

Fresh watermelon, plums, peaches, and necturines

Beautiful flowers

Some little boys playing with their toy men as Paul watches

Paul and Karin,s house, they have lived here for 26 years, he is from Liverpool and she from Norway,

View from front balcony of Paul and Karin,s house

Cieling made of stone over timbers, outside covered with tile

Second floor, with stairs leading to loft, guest bedroom

Stair well to second floor, they did all the remodeling themselves

Cast iron stove , used for heating the whole house, it was shipped from Norway by Karin,s mom

Kitchen of house

In dining room of house

Beautiful ivy covered wall outside of large home

Hanging out in center of Capena

At the piazzia del liberte in Capena, the center of town, this is the area of the Saturday open market

Inside post office in Capena, men are working on ATM machine

Flames of fire in wood