admin on January 18th, 2010

Living in Rome can be expensive – real expensive. Thank goodness for the bancarelle (“stalls”). The bancarelle offer a huge variety of goods – from kitchen supplies to winter coats to electronics to man’s ties! Your shopping options are endless. And because the vendors rotate their locations daily, you get different stalls in your neighborhood [...]

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admin on December 9th, 2009

The Vatican Museums – Musei Vaticani – are among the greatest museums in the world. The site is actually a collection of museums, all inter-connected. The museums display works from the immense collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries. Visiting the Vatican is an incredible experience… but if you’re not prepared [...]

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admin on August 12th, 2009

As an ancient city, Rome has many narrow, one-way streets. There’s also monumental traffic jams… and then of course, there are the driving habits of Romans. All these contribute to make the metro system in Rome a good alternative for getting around town. Romans called the subway system Metropolitana . Unfortunately, there are ONLY two [...]

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admin on July 29th, 2009

When it’s hot in Rome, no better place to go than to a pool. Except this pool YOU can’t swim in! This year the FINA World Aquatics Championships are being held in Rome… Until August 2nd, you have a great opportunity to go see some incredible athletes, including Michael Phelps and the local favorite, Federica [...]

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