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Via delle Fornaci 20 Rome, Lazio, 00165, Italy
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Ciao Roma!
... this time was a pleasant and talkative young man without any tendencies of grabbing himself, which was a nice departure from the last guy. He took us on a route around the city centre as there were some demonstrations and protests going on that he said were getting violent. No matter as the route he picked ended up being shorter, faster and less expensive.
We bid Grant and Frances good night and then picked up a coffee for Connie and a beer for me as a night ...
When in Rome...
... for our remaining time in Italy. We split a delicious canoli and had two wonderful cappuccinos. The coffee in Italy is really extraordinary--- very strong but extremely high quality. Definitely packs a strong caffeine punch. The rain subsided after a few hours so we went back out to take pictures of the Pantheon and headed to the Trevi Fountain. The fountain has been featured in several movies and for good reason-- it is gigantic ...
La Dolce Vita 1) Rome: Ruins of an Empire
... the first 500 years of this period Rome was a Republic, governed by an elected Senate. The society was hierarchical including at the upper levels the Ruling Class, Vestal Virgins (who maintained the Sacred Flame), then free men, foreigners and, at the lowest levels, slaves and women. Starting with Julius Caesar an era of rule by Emperors ("benevolent dictators" ...
Arrivederci Roma!
... in any other one besides Rome. Rome will always be a special city to me. Thinking back to the first day of exploring Rome and how far I have come, I could not be more proud of myself. I have really learned the city, have done everything I wanted to do here, have seen more in Rome than I ever imagined and have eaten some amazing Italian food also. Although I no where near conquered the Italian language I think I conquered everything else I could. I started ...
All roads lead to Rome.
... there we continued on our way to the city of Rome. Again, I dozed off for a bit, but what I saw of the countryside, was most impressive. I was especially surprised that it was so green and lush. We arrived at our hotel, the Pineto Palace located up in the hills northwest of the Vatican at 4:35, and had a little time to relax before we had to be back on the bus for the optional excursion, Treasures of Rome and Dinner.
The hotel was an old very ...


