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HOHO Bus tour of Rome, Colosseum, Circus and Steps
... right up to the top where the white Church is: I think it was about 130 steps. At the top there was a good view over the Piazza and beyond, and there were a lot of artists there too-it reminded me a lot of Montmartre and Sacre Coeur in Paris. Some very nice drawings too. I took some photos here but they seem to have vanished from my camera for some reason. A complete mystery how. Oh well. If I find them later I'll post them!,
I have to say I can't ...
Italy – Florence, Pisa and Rome
... As we only had a limited time in Italy we booked an all-day bus tour which took us to Siena, lunch at an organic vineyard, San Gimignano and Pisa. It was a stunning day and we had 2 full buses so we knew our day was going to be busy. First up was Siena, a gorgeous little town which is known for Palio (a horse race) around its town square where ten horses with ten riders do 3 laps to see who is the winner with very few rules! ...
Bite me.
... ve seen, was refreshing to see. It was something simple, yet with a sparkle of ornate items here and there. The big attraction here, though, is in the portico called La Bocca della Verità or in English, The Mouth of Truth. I've seen pictures of this thing before, but it was much bigger than I imagined when I saw it in person. As legend has it, it is an ancient lie detector. One would put there hand in the mouth and make a statement. ...
El lorca del siglo!
... del siglo, fuimos a Roma, consignamos la valija de regalos de Turquía y de ahí partimos con nuestras dos mini valijitas a tomar el Leonardo Express y un colectivo hasta llegar a la oficina de Daniel, todas crotas obviamente descubrimos que Daniel era el diseñador de joyas de Gucci... MOOOOI BUENO. En zapatillas, despeinadas y con las valijas a la rastra le pedimos plata al Diseñador de Gucci y Bulgari... Momento ...
Less than a month left in the 'hood
... living in Trastevere that it will be difficult to make the transition.
Oh, and how I will miss seeing my friend L and her son everyday! I know that I'll continue to see them but it won't be the same... And I won't get started about how incredible her apartment is... And my room, with it's view of a church dome in the distance and the T-shape of the intersecting street below.
Sigh...
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