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This is a two-part article. Here’s Part 1.
While in Rome, my brother kept dangling this promise of taking our bicycles out to Via Appia and making a day trip out of it. I wanted to see it because the Via Appia was the most important Roman road of its time. Roman bases, villas and famous [...]
In March of ‘99, I visited Rome. It was my first trip to Italy (still is) and I had a wonderful time. I stayed with my brother, who at the time was on a 3-year fellowship there to do research. He studies myths and religions and does comparisons between deities in various cultures. He also [...]
» Go to this postNot sure if you knew this, but when you travel to Italy, you WILL get overcharged, and I mean grossly so, especially in Rome. Peter Kiefer of the New York Times details in an article called “When in Rome, don’t expect to pay as the Romans do“, how the Italians consider it normal to engage [...]
» Go to this postAt some point, I’ve got to photograph the Collosseum during the day, but I have a feeling it’s not going to look nearly as dramatic as it does at night. This was back in ‘99, during some heavy renovations. I couldn’t get in to see it from the inside.
» Go to this postI was wondering around Rome in the spring of ‘99, it was getting late, and I came across this big intersection with a huge, classically-styled building dominating the view. I’m pretty bad with names, but I think it was Piazza Vittoria. It looks like the building is still in use.
» Go to this postAlso from Rome in ‘99, a few views of the River Tiber, taken from its banks.
» Go to this postThese photos are from a trip to Italy in 1999. For more details and more photos, see Part 2.
» Go to this postI’ve been meaning to post an entry about this for some time. There has got to be something in the air or in the environment here in the States that’s causing people to have problems with their breathing, and flaring up their allergies. Case in point, Ligia and myself. Let me explain.
Ligia came to the [...]
