Visiting Aventine Hill, Rome
My favorite hill of the famous seven in Rome is the Aventine, set between the Tiber, Testaccio quarter and the Circus Maximus. A walk there … Read more
Travel For Adventurous Women
My favorite hill of the famous seven in Rome is the Aventine, set between the Tiber, Testaccio quarter and the Circus Maximus. A walk there … Read more
When the best answer to “What to do in Rome?” is to get out of town for a day trip, try venturing to Bracciano in Italy’s … Read more
Because when in Rome, you might just need a good book.
Rome is an overwhelming city: layer on layer, history on history. To sort through it would take a lifetime and I’ve started too late. The … Read more
Rome’s influence on literature has been perennial. From the time of Ovid and Virgil to the Anglo-Saxon influx of writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne and young John Keats, all the way up to the more recent time of Alberto Moravia and Carlo Emilio Gadda, Rome has captured the imagination and thoughts of many great writers.
Ask any Roman, and they’ll all tell you the same: the best day-trip destination within an hour’s drive beyond Italy’s bustling capital, is the Castelli. The … Read more
Memories of Christmas traditions in Italy from an American living in Rome When I’m shopping in Seattle in mid-October and the red poinsettias in their … Read more
The food in Rome is a slice of this, that and heaven Rome has St. Peters, the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery. But it … Read more