Tag Archives: Italy

Piazza Navona Christmas Market

Piazza Navona Christmas market in Rome  is  on the list of best European Christmas Markets.   It is on the ancient site of the Circus of Domitian and has the shape of a stadium because of the games played  there … Continue reading

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Befana’s Italian Christmas

This is Befana,the Italian mother Christmas. Traditionally, she is the one who delivers gifts, but the date is  not December 25th but on Epiphany, which is January 6th. You may know the expression “mamma mia” which is an Italian expression … Continue reading

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Stealing the Pope’s Heart!

These photographs from The Huffington Post need no explanation! What a memory!  Nameste. . .  . .This Is Pope Francis and His New Friend!

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Navona . . . Roman Gathering Place

  One day years ago, when we were with our children and a group of architecture students,  our children and I were in Piazza Novona just for a walk, when we saw cameras, scaffolding and crowds of people at one end … Continue reading

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Albergo Sole, Roma

Just an ordinary hotel and restaurant in Roma, right?  No, this is the oldest continuous run albergo in  the Eternal City. Visitors have been housed here continuously since 1460 which is 30 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. … Continue reading

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