Thank Dog Norm is back or who knows when I’d be posting again. This is the first part of my Tarquinia doors from last Saturday when I visited this Tuscia town for the first time with uncle and Flavia.
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Thank Dog for our Saturdays too. On this occasion my visiting uncle joined Flavia and me to explore Tarquinia and Santa Severa on the coast on the way to Rome, where there is a castle which hosts a museum and a hostel. I had a swim just under the castle and then entered the museum with Flavia but these doors will come on a future Thursday.
Today we will see the first doors I saw when we parked in Tarquinia and got together and had cappuccino and cornetto, the traditional Italian breakfast. I wished to buy Flavia a little white sugar heart but they were only for show.
Then we walked to the walls from which there is a magnificent view of the countryside and the sea. These are the doors from this walk.
The first thing we saw: this passage to hide from the sun and refresh. Kave means coffees in Slovenian. 
The passage came with this door. 
One more, but hidden by goodies. 
I like this arrangement. 
A ghost door, or more like window, in the same passage. 
This door shows the way. 
Seems Egyptian and slightly startled. 
Nothing special just green with pink. 
This one gives off heat. 
We found a church with birds. 
Someone got married. Serves them right.
Let’s continue. Empty and pleasurable. 
A more modern and reflective set. 
I like this stone. It spells sea and sun and good times. 
More rounded ones in heat. 
Shady and ornamental 48. 
My uncle makes a great door model. This one is on sale. 
A door with a tower. 
I took this photo through the gate. Pretty. 
A strange closed mix. 
A greening one for the end. We’ll continue from here.
Manja Mexi Mexcessive (closed) 
These are wonderful. Manja. Stone walls, walks, stairs. A stone-filled ghost door. Wooden doors, arches, metal grates – I love it all.
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Thank you, Dan, I’m glad. It was a good day, door- and not-door-wise.
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Hi MMM,
Everything reminds me of Split. Thanks. Duke
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Interesting, Duke. It’s about on the same latitude (or is it longitude, I always mix them up), just one coast to the right. And Romans got there too. Good to hear from you. Hope you’re well.
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Nice to have you back, always great to see a filled in door.
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Thank you, Scooj. I like them too, even if they are windows.
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I couldn’t see the door for the treats. Such sweet distraction!
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Indeed, Susanne. For some reason I didn’t investigate this trolley but instead marched right into the cafe and chose my treat on the spot.
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The stairway with the gates on it–surely we can climb over them? 😉
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Haha, Lois, I didn’t attempt. It doesn’t look it would hold back an army. 😀
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I love the ghost door. All that stone. Just perfect.
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Thank you, Bojana. Was thinking of you just earlier. When I saw my knives. I remember you bought some on the same day I posted a photo of mine. Hope you’re well and mending.
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Funny you should say that because there’s lots of knives in my book.
Thanks for asking, Manja, but the recovery is apparently going to be long and painful.
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Ooo, your book! Out yet?
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Nope. I haven’t started submitting yet. Doing the final editing.
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I only remember the Etruscan tombs near Tarquinia
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For some reason I still haven’t visited them. I’m waiting for an interested visitor. 🙂
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Oh, you must go!
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More places for us to check out ‘next time’…it never ends! 😀
The trio with the rounded tops and the one with your door modeling uncle are my two favourite shots.
And sorry for the late visit 🙂
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No problemo, Norm. I’m just really glad you’re back. Thanks, indeed, Tarquinia is a nice spot and waiting for better times.
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I especially liked your comments after each of the doors!!! Some made me laugh. Right now I am in -doors, seems like forever, with purple air (unhealthy to go out in it due to wildfires all over the Western United States). (One day the sky was black all day)
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So sorry about your purple air, Carol. 😦 Can’t even imagine how that must be. Thank you, I’m really glad that you enjoy the comments too.
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Too many lovely doors to comment on any individual ones and truth be told, I got distracted by the food. 🙂
janet
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Thanks, Janet. That’s a good distraction.
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You are the world specialist of doors. My apologies for not visiting more often. This lockdown seems to be burning my time… Buona sera
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Ahh, thanks, Equinoxio. I’ve seen so little of this world though. Never been to Asia, nor Central and South America, nor Africa, nor Russia. Time is burning for everybody. Be well.
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True. But then you have Italy. (And your home country which looks beautiful)
U 2
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Oh there you are, Manja. I was wondering when I will see your posts again. Thanks for taking us on this tour to Tarquinia.
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You’re most welcome, Teresa. I’m still here just not really in a blogging mood. But Thursday Doors are stronger than that. 🙂
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Blogging takes a lot of your time sometimes. Enjoy your days there, Manja!
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