blogs about rome

City bigamy

Rmx — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:42:29 -0800

The first time I went to Paris I fell deeply in love with the city. A few years later, when I finally got to visit Rome, I also went madly in love with the Italian capital. I’ve come back to both a few times, in different trips, but I could never really decide which one I liked best. Well, now I have just come back from a trip to both Paris and Rome, I have to admit that, in the end, Paris is winning by a nose.

Bill versus the volcano (XII)

Bill-on-the-Hill — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:11:03 -0700

The final two days of this trip can be summarized as "roam Rome, go home." After close to two weeks of decidedly unconventional tourist activity, this was the time to do some more mainstream things in the Eternal City -- with an emphasis on "stream," as in "streams of water," as in you wouldn't believe how much it rained.

Bill versus the volcano (XI)

Bill-on-the-Hill — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:44:28 -0700

This one will be short, and the basic theme of the day, I'm sorry to say, is frustration.

Bill versus the volcano (I)

Bill-on-the-Hill — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:10:53 -0700

OK, so here begins the much-delayed blogging of a 25th-wedding-anniversary trip to Italy, participants in which were my wife, our two college-student sons, the World's Greatest Mother-In-Law (hereinafter WGMIL), and of course, myself.