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Top 5 Signs That You’re in Rome
May 10, 2007
1. You see gladiators taking a coffee break.
2. The clothes dryers.
3. The view from the neighborhood bus.
4. The local version of Wal-Mart.
5. The preferred form of transport.
Part of the Top 5 Group Writing Project. Thanks to Ms. Adventures in Italy for the head’s up!
Topics: Do As the Romans Do, Wander the City |
May 10th, 2007 at 10:38 am
I love the local Walmart!!
He must be the door greeter, without the yellow vest.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:18 am
yay! must be great to be home (that view from the bus is really something! :))
May 10th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Oh how I miss it! I absolutely cannot wait to go back this summer!
May 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Cute post. I don’t remember the streets being so empty (almost) when I was in Rome though.
May 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Ms: Yes, good ol’ Ascenzo, God bless him, out there everyday reading his newspaper. I swear he has pretty much everything hidden away in that hole in the wall.
Stelle: Yep! I’m glad to be back. What can I say, I am hopelessly in love with this beautiful, obnoxious city.
Heather: I know! You’ll be back before you know it.
J.Doe: Grazie! I think I took that bus shot in October. Tourist season is getting into full swing about now though.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
The gladiators having a coffee break is amusing me no end. Gave me the giggles.
May 10th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
great photos. The gladiators chilling, crack me up.
May 10th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
for me, the first sign of being in Rome(or for the matter, italy) would be that of a broken-down building surrounded by a zillion tourists
When i was touring in europe, i had been to paris and switzerland and then went to Italy. it was broken buildings one after the other throughout italy
May 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
hahaha.. love your no 1 gladiators are having coffee.. can we exchange link.. love your nice blog
Check out my posting on Top 5
May 10th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
You forgot the Smart cars, which seemed to be everywhere!
One of the first things we saw in Rome, on our way to Gusto for lunch, was a couple of gladiators going into a clothes shop. Such a surreal view for a foreigner!
May 10th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Not sure which I love more: the gladiators, the local Wal Mart, or Ms. Adventures’s grown-out eyebrows!
May 10th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Ahh I miss Rome! I enjoyed your post and like your blog so much I’m going to link to it! Bella
May 10th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
The best is being on the subway, with a gladiator on his way to the office….
I do think that the view from the “commute” is one of the signs you’re just not in Kansas anymore!
Can’t wait till I get back there!
May 11th, 2007 at 2:21 am
I might actually change my opinion about walmart here in america.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Those gladiators are thugs. I had a friend who used to sell tours at the coloseum and she told me that they are a “mafia”. They scare me.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Ben tornata, cara! Cute post, good job. Nice to have you back online.
May 11th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Good to have you back, and nice to see some new nice pictures of Rome just to make me jealous once again.
May 11th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I love Rome so much. I want to move there as soon as possible.
I’ve been trying to convince my husband that Rome is better than Paris but he’s not buying it!
May 12th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Love the Clothes Dryer Photo…having lived on the Continent, this brings back all sorts of memories about laundry day!!
May 12th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
That is such a great list! I totally love it, and it makes me want to get to Rome the sooner the better!