Morning walk – Nick and I (Cate and Nigel biked) … so beautiful down the Californian coast.
We enjoyed the included breakfast at the hotel, packed up and headed for the Getty Villa (I booked ahead this time!) … about 1.5 hrs drive from Santa Barbara. The Villa is a recreation of an ancient Roman country house – J. Paul Getty had it built as a replica of Villa dei Papiri. When planning for the construction of the Getty Villa in the 1970s, architects looked closely at the partial excavation of the Villa dei Papiri and at other ancient Roman houses in Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae to influence the design. The scale, appearance, and some of the materials of the Getty Villa are taken from the Villa dei Papiri, as is the floor plan, though it is a mirror of the original.
Cate and I did a guided architecture tour – more about Roman houses and life than architecture but still very interesting.
We had a light lunch and headed into Los Angeles … and the dreaded traffic!
We unloaded at the hotel and then poor Nigel and Annie had the job of driving to the airport to drop the car off and get back to the hotel … 2 hour round trip!! (Cate, Nick and I enjoyed complementary wine hour at the hotel 😀!!
USA 🇺🇸& Canada🇨🇦 2019 