Last night, we wandered around the University of Rome’s main campus and the surrounding neighborhood. We were also looking for this famous vegetarian restaurant (Arance …
Villa Adriano and Villa D’Este
Our friend Emanuele took us to two beautiful and stunning sights today. The first was Villa Adriano, just outside of Rome. This was the ancient …
Appia Antica tour
I usually hate tour buses because they rush you along a pre-determined course and don’t allow you to really see and document the area you …
Castel Sant’Angelo
Last time we were in Rome, we did not get to go into Castel Sant’Angelo because we did not learn about it until one of …
Gladiatores!
Today, we took advantage of our expedited admission to the Colosseum (when you buy a ticket for the Palatine Hills, you get free admission the …
Ancient Rome plus new friends!
We’re almost a week into our trip and we’ve already met some really great new friends. It’s helped us not only practice our Italian a …
Dolci!
While I’m really lucky to live in Seattle where there is no shortage of excellent coffee, I really appreciate coming to Italy where folks appreciate …
Arrivato a Roma!
It’s so nice to be back in Rome. We have a lot of exciting days planned ahead of us and hope that we get a …
Doggy day at work
Today, those of us with dogs got to bring them into work! It was so fun seeing six happy little pups socializing (and vocalizing) with …
Return to Orvieto
The past few days, we’ve taken a little bit of a rest from sight seeing. We’ve spent time with our new friends, shopped, and went …