Simposio The Rome Issue: Italian recipes, travel, and culture
This cookbook is very dear to me because Rome is my city. I love it deeply, although it is a difficult place to live. My father was born here. His name, of course, is Romano, and so is my brother's. As a kid, he walked to school and, on the way back home, used to stop and play soccer with his friends... inside the Colosseum! None of that is possible nowadays: traffic reigns and the monuments are a heritage of humanity, so millions of people pay a - ridiculously low, in my opinion - sum to visit them. Kids are supervised and quite often get a car ride to go to school.
Public transportation in Rome is absurd, and parking out of the question. A scooter, expensive parking, or a taxi ride are the only ways to visit the city center. And although "tutte le strade portano a Roma," all roads lead to Rome, those streets are perpetually busy, and it might take you an hour or more.
But. But, but, but. Some say the Roman Empire never ended: it simply evolved into different forms.
I agree. The power of Christianity is the most obvious, but there's more. Like magic. Magnetic forces possess you when you walk around temples, churches, and ruins. Spirits draw tears of pathos out of you when you listen to a song about the city. Your skin chills when you hear a sonnet decanted in the romanesco dialect. You succumb to the fierceness of the locals that stare at you like you are nothing and then do something unexpected like offering you a rose - or a gelato. In Rome, you might realistically experience the Stendhal syndrome.
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Public transportation in Rome is absurd, and parking out of the question. A scooter, expensive parking, or a taxi ride are the only ways to visit the city center. And although "tutte le strade portano a Roma," all roads lead to Rome, those streets are perpetually busy, and it might take you an hour or more.
But. But, but, but. Some say the Roman Empire never ended: it simply evolved into different forms.
I agree. The power of Christianity is the most obvious, but there's more. Like magic. Magnetic forces possess you when you walk around temples, churches, and ruins. Spirits draw tears of pathos out of you when you listen to a song about the city. Your skin chills when you hear a sonnet decanted in the romanesco dialect. You succumb to the fierceness of the locals that stare at you like you are nothing and then do something unexpected like offering you a rose - or a gelato. In Rome, you might realistically experience the Stendhal syndrome.
Simposio The Rome Issue: Italian recipes, travel, and culture
This cookbook is very dear to me because Rome is my city. I love it deeply, although it is a difficult place to live. My father was born here. His name, of course, is Romano, and so is my brother's. As a kid, he walked to school and, on the way back home, used to stop and play soccer with his friends... inside the Colosseum! None of that is possible nowadays: traffic reigns and the monuments are a heritage of humanity, so millions of people pay a - ridiculously low, in my opinion - sum to visit them. Kids are supervised and quite often get a car ride to go to school.
Public transportation in Rome is absurd, and parking out of the question. A scooter, expensive parking, or a taxi ride are the only ways to visit the city center. And although "tutte le strade portano a Roma," all roads lead to Rome, those streets are perpetually busy, and it might take you an hour or more.
But. But, but, but. Some say the Roman Empire never ended: it simply evolved into different forms.
I agree. The power of Christianity is the most obvious, but there's more. Like magic. Magnetic forces possess you when you walk around temples, churches, and ruins. Spirits draw tears of pathos out of you when you listen to a song about the city. Your skin chills when you hear a sonnet decanted in the romanesco dialect. You succumb to the fierceness of the locals that stare at you like you are nothing and then do something unexpected like offering you a rose - or a gelato. In Rome, you might realistically experience the Stendhal syndrome.
Public transportation in Rome is absurd, and parking out of the question. A scooter, expensive parking, or a taxi ride are the only ways to visit the city center. And although "tutte le strade portano a Roma," all roads lead to Rome, those streets are perpetually busy, and it might take you an hour or more.
But. But, but, but. Some say the Roman Empire never ended: it simply evolved into different forms.
I agree. The power of Christianity is the most obvious, but there's more. Like magic. Magnetic forces possess you when you walk around temples, churches, and ruins. Spirits draw tears of pathos out of you when you listen to a song about the city. Your skin chills when you hear a sonnet decanted in the romanesco dialect. You succumb to the fierceness of the locals that stare at you like you are nothing and then do something unexpected like offering you a rose - or a gelato. In Rome, you might realistically experience the Stendhal syndrome.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798823103206 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 08/10/2022 |
| Series: | SIMPOSIO , #12 |
| Pages: | 168 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.56(d) |
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