Bed & Breakfast Maggiore Rome
Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore 12 Rome, Lazio, 00185, Italy
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I Love It When They Call Me Big Poppa
... of the ceiling but if you were not looking for it you would almost miss it.
We went out into St. Peter's Square to see the Pope come to his window and give a blessing. It's impressive how many languages Pope Benedict can speak. We then climbed to the top of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and saw great views of the whole city.
You know the food in Rome was phenomenal because none of us even thought about stopping in a McDonalds the whole time ...
Friday ... Jewish ghetto & Trastavera
... some Roman ruins and lots of kosher restaurants. We picked one for lunch. It became apparent that the staff was not Jewish and I'm not sure even the owners are. In any event we had some very good artichoke cooked Roman style (red sauce). After lunch we walked to Trastavera on the left bank of the Tiber. Again we had the benefit of a podcast tour guide. This is an area that was a bit seedy years ago but is now trendy. We saw a ...
Rome, Italy
This morning we took a train from Florence to Rome. It was a scenic ride as we saw Tuscan villages/towns along the way. Our hotel was located at the top of the Spanish Steps. When we were here three years ago, our hotel was at the bottom of the Spanish Steps so we were familiar with the area.
The Spanish Steps are a set of steps linking Piazza di Spagna at the base and ...
Flashback time
... wouldn't be so bad, but we only got back at 10pm and because of European bus laws our bus driver was required to rest, so we had to get all 48 of us onto a public bus. After initially waiting 45 minutes for the bus to come, we all didn't fit, waiting another half an hour, a taxi finally passed getting half of us remaining home, followed by another 20 minutes for the final 5 or so people to get another bus back. What was planned to be a ...
Sweep me across the world in the arms of the wind
... ago, and how much had truly changed since then. I wrote about how everyone in the piazza seemed so happy, seemed infected with pure joy, and I wondered how they attained this sense of elation. I wrote about how the regal air of Rome seemed to sound throughout the piazza so strongly that I could almost hear the echos of the church bells from the newly Christianized empire, I could almost see the scientists of the enlightenment gathering in secrecy, I could almost feel ...
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