Monday, October 17
Steve fetched us in his big white van, drove us across the canals of Venice and past the shore beaches to visit the Getty Villa. Mr. Getty’s ambition was to create the feeling of life in Roman times with the buildings and gardens, a great deal of it being outdoors. We loved the varied floor tiling and parquet patterns as well as the exhibited classical period art.
Dinner was at the Marina del Rey YC where we were staying. It's a wonderful YC. Their Monday night football dinner for $5, run by members, is a great idea. We sat at the bar (staffed and open) to eat. It was very social and most of the members ignored the game on t.v. Later I browsed through their large exchange library. Lots of contemporary books, several we've read for book groups, were shelved and organized in a large room. I swapped an enormous hard cover Wolf Hall for The Bone People.
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