Villa Habsburg Porta Metronia
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An island, public transport and more obelisks
... is the Portico of Ottavia, the remains of a large temple complex from ancient times. It is named for Ottavia, the sister of Augustus, but is even older than his time. The complex included two temples and libraries. In the middle ages, parts of the buildings were incorporated into a church, and a fish market was established close by. A cemetery was added, so archeologically it's a very rich area. And right next door is the Theatre of Marcellus, which is still ...
Roma, The Eternal City
... drivers. Today's agenda was centered on the Vatican. Our hotel is located near the metro subway, providing an easy access route to the Vatican. The metro is used to reach most destinations in Roma. As we walked the streets to the Vatican, it began to rain. Because of the Casterbridge study abroad program, we were able to skip the exceedingly long line to enter the Vatican museum (a potential hour wait). After completing the security checklines, our tour guide ...
Bonjourno Rome
... and good selection, we ordered a range of food, pizza, sausages, beef goulash, pork dish all nice and tasty couple of beers and off to the icecream shop. Walk the to the shop, closed!! so we head to another cafe near the station and have coffee, hot choc, brownies and strudel. Unfortunately only a short visit due to our early start in the morning but was was great to see them and with a tear in my eye we hug and say goodbye.
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When in Rome . . .
... Lucy appeared and led us in, through a cool mosaic tile hallway and an inner terra cotta courtyard to our apartment, furnished very simply in an IKEA kind of way, ceilings 15 feet high, tall, thin windows that open onto the courtyard, very thick walls that keep the temperature quite bearable in this Roman summer heat. We found out that she was a teacher as well and had inherited this building from her grandfather, ...
Roma in the Spring time
... pasta, truffle oils, you name it, they were selling it. I realized that this could turn out to be a very dangerous place for me to be hanging out in. We walked around and tried samples of jams and different spreads, each one delicious. I decided to get a bag of dried fruits and nuts, which I ate in about 3 mins. Next I went to one of the many fruit stands where you could pick out the fruit you want and they make you a ...
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