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Rome from Villa Borghese. In Rome I often felt the need to get away from the pregnant intensity of the city; luckily green spaces aren't that hard to come by here. A friend and I picnicked here on a Sunday, as the sun set over Rome.

Rome from Villa Borghese. In Rome I often felt the need to get away from the pregnant intensity of the city; luckily green spaces aren't that hard to come by here. A friend and I picnicked here on a Sunday, as the sun set over Rome.

Rome Is Out Of Service, But It Is So Beautiful

August 13, 2018

Roma è fuori servizio, ma è così bella. That about sums up, in far fewer words than is fair, but at an abstract level, my simplified, American-conversation-friendly impression of Rome: I have not seen a more dysfunctional western city in recent memory (Rome makes New York look like a bastion of what a functioning city looks like), but... but I have not seen a city so incredibly beautiful.

The Vatican

The Vatican

The soundtrack of my Rome was Baustelle's Piangi Roma, which I strongly encourage you to listen to pronto.

Mi manchi tu, la fantasia,
il cinema, l'estate indiana,
mi servi tu, un brivido,
il ghiaccio nel, campari soda.


Fumo un'altra sigaretta,
perché è facile buttarsi via,
respiro e scrivo,
tutto quello che mi manca
è un'assurda specie di preghiera,
che sembra quasi amore...


Piangi Roma, muori amore,
splendi sole, da far male.
ho già fatto le valigie,
ma rimango ad aspettare.


Ridi Roma, ridi amore,
dice il telegiornale,
che la fine si avvicina,
io m'invento un gran finale.


Mi manchi tu, la libertà,
tanti LP, Battisti e Mina,
mi servi tu, la malattia,
che spazza via, la razza umana.


Chiudo con le sigarette,
un ragazzo in strada scappa via,
e metto in lista
tutto quello che mi manca,
e mi sembra quasi una preghiera,
oppure folle amore.

Piangi Roma, muori amore,
tutto il bene che so dare,
come il sasso e la fontana,
si consuma, si consuma.


Ridi Roma, godi amore,
nonostante il temporale,
metto i panni ad asciugare,
piangi Roma, ti fa bene...

Rome cool

Rome cool

 
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Panificio Bonci in Rome has incredible sourdough. Here, Marti in Roma Termini.

Panificio Bonci in Rome has incredible sourdough. Here, Marti in Roma Termini.

 
Sun setting over Tevere (The Tiber)

Sun setting over Tevere (The Tiber)

 
The Pantheon, the current structure dates from 125 AD

The Pantheon, the current structure dates from 125 AD

 
Lucilla of Lattuga, a wonderful vegan place not too far from the Vatican.

Lucilla of Lattuga, a wonderful vegan place not too far from the Vatican.

 
Caravaggio's The Calling of St Matthew in Cappella Contarelli. Did you just shed a tear?

Caravaggio's The Calling of St Matthew in Cappella Contarelli. Did you just shed a tear?

 
Marina, Roman Summer

Marina, Roman Summer

 
Centrale Montemartini, built in 1912 is Rome's first thermoelectric center, now a museum that houses several statues from over 2,000 years back.

Centrale Montemartini, built in 1912 is Rome's first thermoelectric center, now a museum that houses several statues from over 2,000 years back.

 
Centrale Montemartini

Centrale Montemartini

 
Statua di Antinoo at Centrale Montemartini, from the Hadrianic period, 1st century AD

Statua di Antinoo at Centrale Montemartini, from the Hadrianic period, 1st century AD

 
Centrale Montemartini

Centrale Montemartini

 
Gazometro, looking out from Centrale Montemartini

Gazometro, looking out from Centrale Montemartini

 
Maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, is symbolic of Rome.

Maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, is symbolic of Rome.

 
Crisp-fried artichokes at a stall at Mercato Centrale inside Roma Termini

Crisp-fried artichokes at a stall at Mercato Centrale inside Roma Termini

 
The canopy of maritime pine or Pinus pinaster

The canopy of maritime pine or Pinus pinaster

 
An altar of Mithras, from the 1st century AD temple buried under present-day Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano

An altar of Mithras, from the 1st century AD temple buried under present-day Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano

 
Watching the sun set from Villa Borghese

Watching the sun set from Villa Borghese

 
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