July 22, 2008
My Trip to Italy!
I packed two travel bags with me, one of which I’m wearing in this picture in front of the fountain at Repubblica. Having a bag with straps long enough to put over your head and rest around your body protects against those daring pick-pockets, and the infamous “gypsies” around Rome that we were told to watch out for. (Seriously, they look like gypsies—think Esmeralda, The Hunchback of Notre Dame style.)
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We got to spend one Saturday with a resident of Sacrofano, a medieval town about a half hour north of central Rome. People who live in the city often travel to Sacrofano for its restaurants. I understood why after a full spread of antipastos, three different pasta dishes, an assortment of grilled meats served with potatoes and salad, and cookies dipped in dessert wine at L’unico Ristorante “da Tonino” . Everyone agreed that it was the best meal we had the entire two weeks!
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We frequented this bridge, the Ponte Sisto, in the Trastevere area, which was often our destination for meetings with Italian women and a few dinners. The bridge crosses the Tiber River—a beautiful picture during both the day and night.
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The Ponte Vecchio is the oldest bridge in Florence. (Makes sense since its name literally means “old bridge.”) It’s filled with shops located under its porticos. Our tour guide told us that when the shops were built during the fourteenth century, they designed the doorways to be small enough that it was navigable to enter, but harder to exit—this was their way of discouraging thieves.
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We boarded Rome’s buses and metros, located at Termini station, daily with our weekly passes which cost 16 euros each. These passes gave us unlimited trips on the bus and metro for 7 days from when we first used them. They also offer 1-day, 3-day, and monthly passes, as well as a pass for one bus ride and one metro ride that expires after 75 minutes.
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