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Young Roman Men

January 22nd, 2012

Young men of rome There are so many of them, the young men of Rome, and they are so beautiful! They know how to wear their clothes, and they have the bodies on which to wear them. You’d cry, if you compared the youths of Greenville, SC, with the youths of Rome. Roman young men [...]

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Drink the Water in Rome

October 2nd, 2010

This just in…it’s okay to drink the tap water in Rome!  No need to carry bottled water up the stairs to your 5th floor apartment.  Rome gets its water from the nearby mountains, just like New York.  The old Imperial aquaducts may have fallen down long ago, but the modern system is just fine.

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Questo sia una giorno al basso

October 2nd, 2010

this has got to be the worst day of our trip…if it gets any worse, we’ll be nel paese del diavalo. My wallet was stolen; on the subway.  Here’s a picture of a subway station in rome: This wasn’t the worst place; first we had to take a train to the main train station (Termini), [...]

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On way to Rome–Restroom Attendants?

September 28th, 2010

What’s with restroom attendants in public resgtrooms now?  Like, at  the the Charlotte airport.  But as Avis says, if your life is tending a bathroom, what sort of life is that?  leave a buck. Security?  had to take off my belt.  Don’t want to take off my belt–i8t’s got 1800 Euros stowed in it!  So [...]

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