Italy has an obsession with street washing. If your hotel room or apartment faces the street (always our choice), be prepared to be startled by the massive machines that wash, scrub, and rinse the streets every pre-dawn in all the cities/towns/villages. In Rome it happens even mid-day. So should you look out your hotel window [...]
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20th May 2012 Cat: italy travel, Passagiata, Rome, shopping caffe, Via condotti, Via del Governo Vecchio, Via Giulia, Wander in Rome with No Comments »
Our block is Rome. Today’s Rome itinerary wandering for one day in Rome. We walked from our apartment in Piazza Farnese through the open-air market at Campo de’ Fiori, past Via del Governo Vecchio, with the young fashion designers, and past Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, down the Corso to Piazza del Popolo, where we [...]
19th May 2012 Cat: Apartment in Rome, Campo de' Fiori, Hairdresser, la vetrina, nabiz, spice man with No Comments »
We took yesterday to relax and take care of ourselves with the Italian touch. Beard trimmed and I had my hair done at La Vetrina We also stopped by Campo De’ Fiori to see the herb specialist who now thinks he’s more important in USA than a president. And of course always fun to go [...]
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Rome Italy – Doing it twice a day… eating pasta that is… no guilt… it’s just so damn good. Of course the portions are reasonable and I am walking 6 or 7 hours a day. Walking brings me to tomorrow’s blog.
18th May 2012 Cat: caccio e pepe, cacio peppe, cruise, gelato, gelato pizza spaghetti cruise, italy travel, Menu, pizza, Rome Trattoria, spaghetti, strolling with No Comments »
We go to our favorite trattoria, neighborhood eating place, in Rome. Long line as usual. We are recognized and immediately seated. New menus with some upgrading, especially prices. We are shocked– their specialty for the past 2 decades, caccio e pepe, is not on the new menu! Panicky, we asked the waiter what happened to [...]
