We took off Thursday and landed Monday. Back to the airport tomorrow. So for now, enjoying more relaxing Roman rooftops, with a typical skyline of mismatched buildings and TV antennae.
Tag Archives: rome
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Jul
Jul
Just the French Ambassador’s usual, every day, office. NBD. (P.S. Thanks to the lovely F for the invite!)
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Jun
Jun
I didn’t really expect to say this, but I am overly impressed at how beautifully curated Nespresso’s N Mag is. This month’s featured city is Rome. English version available here, or pop into the boutique cafe in Piazza di Spagna to try to snag the Italian print copy.
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Apr
Apr
When I first visited Rome for 3 days in 2004, I had no idea the city would become my home away from home. Today, Rome turns 2764 years young! Rome and I happen to share birthday weeks, and the old girl’s incredible age makes my transition from twenty-something to older-twenty-something feel slightly less traumatic. Auguri […]
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Mar
Mar
When my friend came to spend the holidays with me in Italy, we went on an adventure to eat the best pizza in Naples. Slow train journey to Naples and back in one day for Da Michele? Worth it. After our Neapolitan experience, we were on a mission to find the best pizza in Rome. […]
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Jan
Jan
Confession: I rank Rome’s landmarks and monuments based on how much they look like cake. That means that my favorite is the Colosseum at night, but Palazzo Vittorio Emmanuele comes in a solid second: Having already scored major brownie points for looking like an over-the-top wedding cake, I found out that Palazzo Vittorio Emmanuele was […]
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Dec
Dec
Look, rest of the world, I don’t know how you do this whole “winter” thing. It is cold and unpleasant BUT it just started snowing in Rome and I gotta admit, that’s pretty cool. Pictures taken from inside, because I am too much of a wimp to go outside in this cold until I absolutely […]
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Dec
Dec
There is a lot of street art in my neighborhood and this message isn’t new, but it is certainly timely: Concerned letters and emails from home are starting to arrive. There have been demonstrations and protests around Rome for weeks now. The metros are packed with activists coming from outside of the city to demonstrate […]