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Slow down, eat where the locals eat and listen so that you can see more.


Real Name: jeff martin
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Campo dei Fiori: Experience an open air market in the heart of Rome
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    • Ingredients are the starting point of any good meal. If you enjoy or have enjoyed food in Italy and don’t understand why that excuse for an Italian restaurant in your hometown can’t come close to your expectations. Ingredients is the starting point of any food investigation, even before technique or love. And this is one very convenient place to start looking for good ingredients. Buy a few things for a picnic cheese bread and a good tomato. If you don’t understand how exciting good produce can be..... there is a Mc what’sit just up the road.

    The fresh porcini I purchased from this market went into the best risotto I have ever made.

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    Address: Campo de' Flori - Roma
    Directions: in all maps and guides. no market on Sunday and fish are there somedays and not others post a question for times as things change.
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    Piazza di Spagna - Spanish Steps: Spanish Steps what to expect.
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    • Every one has the loveliest photographs of the Spanish Steps. On the Rome forum a short while ago someone (I will not name names, will I Ellen) suggested that it would be a good place for someone to propose so I thought I would post this shot to show what the steps look like most of the time. PS: the steps are under the tourists but I still recommend you go there if not only for the shopping.

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    Roman Forum: Visit the Roman Forums
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    • This is history at it’s best. One of the best ways to see the Roman Forum is with a tour run by students of history or actors. These tours are happening all the time and you can join them and leave them as you wish. The tour guides rely on tips so if you get a good one it’s nice to reward them for your lesson. Often they will try to entice you back to a performance at night, which I can’t comment on, as I did not take them up on the offer.

    I as a rule never do the tour thing, but here is one of those moments when it was worthwhile exercise.

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    Directions: near the Coliseum and in all the books.
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    Things To Do: A Quiet garden in Roma
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    • We found this lovely little garden in Gianicolense to have a picnic in. It is so strange to be in the heart of Rome and be alone. This photo was taken from the gardens.

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    Directions: The gardens are located in the area called Gianicolense which is next to Trastevere. On all good tourist maps.
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    Castel Sant'Angelo: View from the Castel S Angelo
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    • The view from the Castel S Angelo of Rome is amazing and there is a small cafe operating at the top which is ok.

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    Phone: +39 06-39967600
    Address: Lungotevere Castello 50
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    Piazza Navona: Piazza Navona
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    • Every one has written something on Piazza Navona not me; I just thought I would post this photograph of mine because I like it.

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    Pantheon: Pantheon
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    • It is on all the maps and to do/see lists for Roma but…….but…. I am yet in my life to see a building that is as perfect in proportions and scale as the Pantheon.

    A truly beautiful piece of architecture.

    I like get there early before any tourists (as in this photograph) have a coffee and imagine how previous generations of tourists in Roman times might have reacted to such a site.

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    Things To Do: Art in unexpected places
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    • I do not know if this is some kind of memorial or has a religious background but I liked it very much and it reminded me of a Modigliani.

    It can be seen in Via del Cappellari

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    Address: Via del Cappellari
    Directions: runs off Campo de Fiori
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    Roman Forum: Tourist eavesdropping
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    • Oh… come on we all do it. It’s fun listening in on other people’s conversations and there is nothing better than hearing someone say something really stupid.
    So… why the Foro Romano? Well it was here that I nearly chocked to death laughing after over hearing what has gone down in my travel diaries as the dumbest tourist comment yet.

    I’ll set the scene…. a small boy holding his father’s hand is walking past two American tourists, a couple which I am behind. The child turns to his father and says something to his father in Italian. After a few meters the American woman turns to her partner and said,

    “isn’t that cute…even the children speak Italian”

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    Trevi Fountain: Fontana di Trevi
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    • Get here early before the tourists as the sun comes up and hits the marble. It's like having Rome to yourself.

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    eileencat1 Tue Mar 13, 2007 20:52 UTC
     Jeff - great pages. Love the "Tourist eavesdropping" story about isn't it cute, even the children speak Italian. I would not have been able to hold back laughing!    		flying_dolphin7 Sun Dec 24, 2006 02:32 UTC
     Omigod.. your sketch is really amazing... wonderful. Roma is really lovely town to visit... Merry Christmas:)
    vichatherly Mon Oct 16, 2006 09:58 UTC
     Excellent Rome pages. I'll add some more to mine when time permits    		volopolo Sun Oct 15, 2006 22:16 UTC
     nice pictures! and great page! Nikos
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