Yet more updates to Rome the Second Time: Don't Leave Home Without It

What's left of the Tiber boat service; "Non Attivo" - Not active. They could at least take down these signs. The boats on the ...

Things NOT to do in Rome

Okay - the river looks good, especially this shot of Hadrian's Castle (Castel Sant'Angelo, for you Dan Brown fans) We suppose it...

Rome: Walk(s) on the Wild Side

When we first imagined Rome the Second Time as a book, we roughed out a chapter--ideas, really--titled "Walk on the Wild Side" (f...

Summer in Rome: Beating the Heat

We're going to Rome in the summer; what should we do? That's a question we're often asked. Being a northerner (born and raised i...

Updates to Itineraries in Rome the Second Time

see sidebar at right... a couple new ones... th e Anita Garibaldi statue on the Gianicolo is swathed in scaffolding and opaque sheeting - do...

Angels & Demons (yup, again)

okay okay... if you're in Rome, you... like us... are sick to death of the constant star-gazing, media mania surrounding the premiere he...