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Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome April 25th 2009

The title of this posting is not a direct quote from us (although it does resonate with us, and appropriate given that it is Anzac Day at home) but rather a message that we saw on a blackboard outside a restaurant during our rambles the other day (don't ask me where - it was another of our times of walking with no real objective). And so the subject of this posting - as alluded to in our previous post - is of our food experiences here in Rome. So let's begin - mangare amici. One of our daily rituals and delights is our 5 minute stroll to the market in Campo di Fiori for our provisions. The market is a lively one with more than it's fair share of visitors as well as locals. In our ... read more
Campo de Fiori Market
Dining with Romulus & Remus
Pommodoro de Andy Warhol

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome April 22nd 2009

It's the end of our first week in Rome and I'm not sure which I should get to recount our visit so far - my tired feet or my happy heart. Perhaps I should let them both speak. My tired feet would tell you that we have walked high and low over this eminently walkable city, and at this moment are being soothed as we sit down to a meal that we have prepared at home this evening, made entirely from ingredients purchased at the markets in Campo di Fiori just five minutes walk away. It is a dish of our own invention, so let's call it Vitello Chiavari - a “sandwich” of wafer-thin slices of veal (cut by hand by the butcher) filled with pancetta and a smear of pesto genovese, quickly pan fried and ... read more
It is Colossal!
Bambino & Gelato
Masters of Adaptive Reuse

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome April 15th 2009

Well we made it - and all rather painlessly, or should I say smoothly, as those long plane flights are bits of killers even if the travel is uneventful - and are now settled into Via dei Chiavari. And the apartment is wonderful, everything we had hoped for and more. And as I compose this posting the view I have is exactly the one in the photo, and so here is a bit of vicarious Rome for you, although you won't get the sounds of the church bells chiming and so you will need to imagine that for yourself. As the cat in Alice in Wonderland said “if you don't know where you are going then any road will get you there” and so far we have drawn from this the inspiration for our exploration of ... read more
Monumental
... and Surprising

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darlinghurst April 12th 2009

It's Easter Sunday and we are moving toward tomorrow morning's departure for Rome when there will be only 36 hours of delightful :- air travel between our familiar cityscape outlook and a whole new view in the Eternal City. Probably somewhere between Hong Kong and Zurich the only thing that will feel eternal is the plane flight. Ahh the tyranny of distance so familiar to many travelling Australians, although on the upside it is always a great rationale for staying at the trip's destination for as long as possible. Or at least this is the excuse that we use. At the moment preparations are in train and panic levels are at a minimum, with Dianne tying up some loose ends from work (grants, budgets etc) plus readying things for packing. With all our clothes laid out ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour April 10th 2009

And so we begin a holiday that was not just planned from when we arrived home from our last long trip 2 years ago (Spain / Portugal / England in 2007) which is our usual practice - return home from one trip with the next one already being planned - but was hatched out of our journey to Barcelona and Paris 4 years ago. While Dianne was enamoured with Paris I always felt overwhelmed both by its scale and its prettiness - Haussmann did a great job knocking down all the old stuff and replacing it with new at about the same time Sydney was established - so much for going to Europe for history! I think my response was heightened by having stayed in the Barri Gotic of Barcelona with its myriad of twisting alleyways ... read more




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