Saturday, March 19, 2011

Fragments of Rome



Just like real women, Rome holds a variety of beauties. Some come from a glance, others from a smile. More than 2.000 years made Rome a very fashionable lady, with wonders glancing at every corner and smiles as deep as the history of humanity.

You can taste delicious artichoke specialties at the Jewish district, walk alongside an ancient Roman aqueduct or get your sight lost in the panorama from the Gianicolo hill, and you will feel each one of this shards reflecting the crystal-pure light of Rome. If you are in love with nature, you would probably smell the fragrance of the city strolling in the park of Villa Borghese or Villa Pamphili, just like the aristocrats used to do in the golden age. You will find the grass is always bright green, as expected from an everlasting beauty.

Being an Italian woman, Rome changes its dress often. Try to hold her hand in the morning visiting Campo de’ Fiori, and you will see a traditional flowers and fruits market with merchants talking loud and bargaining to sell their fresh goods, as their parents and grandparents did. Then take her arm by night and the stands will be gone, replaced by a chatting crowd dressed to kill, enjoying the warm evening sipping a cocktail or having their last gelato of the day.

But don’t worry, when you visit Rome, your partner won’t be jealous of you falling in love with this charming lady, because the same will happen to him/her.

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