Happy new year! As January starts in Rome, news of events for the months is sloooooowly trickling out. To get you started, here are some tips about what to do in Rome in winter. Be sure to plan enough time for both shopping (the sales start!) and plenty of museum visits to catch all the […]
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As the year comes to an end, I wanted to recap some of the most popular posts over the last 12 months. The blog entries (which now total more than 700 from the last 7 years!) cover a range of practical and comical topics about life in Rome, and exploring Italy in general. Here are […]
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The best of Italy captured in old photos
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It has been a cold December in Rome, but we have managed to get out and about to take in the city’s Christmas decorations this year. Most infamous of all is Rome’s main Christmas tree at Piazza Venezia. While the tree was free, the city spent more than €48,000 to transport it – with the […]
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My Roman neighbors love to give me advice. All of it is unsolicited, but not unwelcome. Cesare, for example, will often stop me in the stairway to ensure that I know the proper techniques for creating a specific dish we spoke about recently (and he will bring me his own pots and pans to borrow […]
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From Monday through Friday, the Catania Fish Market takes over the streets behind the city’s duomo and puts on a raucous seafood show.
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Villa Pamphili is Rome’s oldest park – and home to the stately Casino del Bel Respiro that was built in 1644 as a country estate for nobility.
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I’ve been waiting a long time for a coffee bar like Faro to finally make its way to Rome. The bar declares itself to be the only independent speciality coffee bar in the city. Not beholden to any limiting agreements with certain roasters, Faro seeks out the best specialty coffee from all over the world. […]