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Amo Roma
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Well to make up for a rather dismal day at Hadrian's Villa, my night became magnificent. I spent the evening, and quite a large part of the morning as it turned out, out in Rome with a real Roman. She took me to a bar, Open Baladin Roma, near Largo Argentina, which looks tiny from the outside, but the rooms never seem to end. I can proudly say I was the only English-speaking foreigner in the whole ...
Last day in Roma
... not quite identical! The structures were started by Carlo Rainaldi in 1679-1681 and completed by Bernini and Carlo Fontana. As you will see, the churches and the piazza are in neo-classical design, when Bernini came along, he instituted his finesse in Baroque - one of his specialties.
When standing in the piazza you here water running in the distance (and not the one in the middle of the square). Looking up to the north, perched high on a hill, is a ...
Mom and Gary Arrive!
... It was very lovely (even if Mom says we were in the alley).
After dinner we walked back to Piazza Navona to see what was going on. It was mostly the same as what was going on during the day, but to me it looks prettier at night :) (Possibly because of the lighting, possibly because we’d consumed two bottles of wine between the four of us!)
Pretty amazing… on their first day Mom and Gary managed to stay awake all ...
Pizza and Ice Cream
... of the pizza. My favorite kind had cheese, ham, mushrooms, and EGGS! Fantastico! When we were on our way back to the hostel, my sense of the city's sketchiness really came about. I did not care to be out past midnight in this city.
Friday and Saturday we booked a hop on, hop off bus tour which was an inexpensive way to see all the sights and take as long as you please at each stop. Some of the stops included the Arch of Constantine, the Roman Forum, ...
Roma, Roma, Roma
... Vatican used the red marble from the colleseum to construct the Vatician city. The Vatican does not like to refer to it as 'steeling' or 'taking', but rather 'recycling'! There is no more red marble in the world currently available, however they think there may be some in Egypt. The Vatican is concerned because the value of what they have may diminish! Apparently the Italian government has set aside 9 million Euros to continue with a dig, under the Forum ...
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