This is possibly one of the laziest blogs to date. I sent out an email to my friends asking them to name 2 things they love about Rome. This is a run down of what I got back:
Via del Corso on Saturday afternoons
Superfluous use of sunglasses and the superfluous use of mindless over flirting
The dolci and the knitwear that, I can never afford.
The Pantheon and the Forum. Oh...can I add ice cream?
Love the colours of the buildings and the architecture and the cobbledy
streets and surprises round ever corner. Couples passionately throwing
their arms in the air when they are talking. Ice cream and pizza...all
the food is great. The men are fit too!! And the women! Motorinono's
bussing around, cell phones and good quality everything. And the
general warm feeling and no stress, not like London at all, it's just
generally beautiful, like you :)
The architecture, the weather, the position of the city, very close to the sea.
1) gelati!! gotta love it!
2) I love Rome by night esp on a Vespa!!
3) I love the fresh spring water that comes out of the taps opposite the Coliseum (really gets me in a city that there is totally clean and drinkable water from water pipes/ways built in roman times!)
4)the sound of the vespa!
5)shopping around the Spanish Steps
6) Trevi Fountain on a hot afternoon sitting in the shade with an ice cold beer!
Roman Men
The way that it seems there's a secret life of the town, hiding behind everyone's shutters...
A Saturday aperitivo
The style
History in its veins
Ummmm....that's hard
Walking in the old cobblestone streets at night listening to the echo of
voices, laughter and the italian language
The food!! mmmmm
The old romantic BW pics of Rome in the Hollywood era
Coffee
The warmth that the colour of Rome exudes. I always think of the terracotta colours of the Piazza Navona. That always comes to my mind first for some reason when I think of Rome.The History and the architure. The fact that there is a statue of Caesar outside the Forum which is 800 years old....older than Australia's establishment.
The general Feel....it makes me think of summer. (probably because I was there in summer)
I could go on and on.....gelato after lunch, after dinner, after shopping, (such a treat)
The arrogance of the people (they know they can be arrogant because we will always keep going back, we love it no matter how annoying it was at the time.)
Love the food, love the people, love the shops, love the Vespa's,
love the buildings, the ruins, the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the trees, the
views, even the beach. Mate so much. It's the hot summer in a t-shirt and
shorts and being in such an ancient city. Old and new mixed together.
Gucci and FENDI
The gay village and scooter traffic
I love Roma because it is so unique. I love the history that Roma has. No where else in the world can you
find the Colosseo, the Pope, Michelangelo art work etc, etc.
Everything exists in Roma.
No matter how bad the weather ,once you are in the centrale and on your way somewhere in Rome you are surrounded by history and beauty that you will never ever find in Greensborough or
Adelaide..... Ever!
Feel free to send me your favorite things: michael.nicolaci@italy-accom.com
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