If you were standing here in the first century A.D., you were likely a revered Roman athlete competing in a footrace before a crowd of 30,000 in the Stadio di Domiziano. Then, this area was an outlying district known as Campus Martius, or Field of Mars, that housed arenas and barracks. It did not become […]
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Vatican City Pilgrimage
One of the most powerful sights in Vatican City was the priests and nuns among the hordes of tourists taking photos, gawking at sculptures and gazing up at frescoes.
L’orso
Picture this: Rome. A maze of narrow cobblestone streets opens into a square. Eight a.m. Eighty degrees and humid. A powerful klieg light illuminates not only the entire scene, but the entire length of the tight street behind it. A man. A bear. A bear? Yes, a poor, poor man in a full bear costume… […]
Roman Signs
These modified Do Not Enter signs have quickly become my favorites. I love that every country has slightly different versions. Some other amusing signs seen around Rome.
