Heidi
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chachalaca said:
Pauline added:
Sad comments on society's priorities ~ a new world order. Interesting to note how universal this has become in a time when the power of words - and the pen - has become
Enough thread drift. I would rather immerse myself in Roma today!
Laura, your Rosseta House rental appears to be on via del Pozzo Delle Cornacchie, which is a cobbled, narrow and mostly pedestrian street just out of Piazza della Rotunda - the piazza in front of the Pantheon. You are just steps from the Pantheon, one of the most remarkable ancient buildings in the world! Visit it just as it opens to avoid the masses. It is also a church, so at times there will be a mass. During the day, the piazza is a zoo; at night a more quiet zoo but a must see! The Pantheon should help fulfill your nephews desire to "see old Roman things." Remind him that in ancient times, you used to walk up stairs to the portico, now we slope down to access the entrance. The really ancient Roman buildings have foundations way below today's street level...
To start with the practical, you have a Despar grocery store on via Giustiniani. Looking out from the Pantheon portico, it's the pedestrian street just off the upper left hand corner of the Piazza della Rotunda... and oh so close to your apartment. It's easy to miss, as all you see from the crowded pedestrian filled narrow street, is a small entrance door and a small exit but it is large inside. Good little deli for take away. ***please toss a coin in the cup of the guy, with mishappen feet & hands, who sits on a board with wheels, at the edge of this piazza. Nice guy! I often see the local waiters from the surrounding caffes helping him with food and drink.....
Also near by, just off Piazza Maddalena, along via Maddalena - also very tourist clogged; to be avoided when possible! - is Angelo Feroci, a lovely macelleria - Can a macelleria be lovely, Pauline?
"Slaughtered meat of the finest quality" - with not only quality meats but prepared, but not cooked, food to go. If you don't feel like cooking, at least peek in at the carrara marble interior.
Another great food source, a block or two over from your street - should you be cooking & eating in your apartment - is the sweet little farmer's market in a corner of Piazza della Coppelle. Check out the little ally behind the market, where you pass through to Campo Marzo, bypassing the crowded, restaurant filled via Maddalena. Also, take note of the old columns imbedded into the walls... *** Hope you have a good, detailed map of Roma.....
And not really that far away, and well worth a visit even if you don't want to buy food, is the large Campo de Fiori open market - walk through the gorgeous Piazza Navona, (Oops, need to add that as you come out to the north end of the PiazzaNavona, from your street, to the busy Piazza Cinque Lune, you have a major taxi rank! You may need it...) exit the south end, cross busy Corso Vittorio Emanuele (at the signals!) and follow along via dei Baullari to the Campo. This mercato is now also filled with trinkets and junk but still retains some of the local food vendors. (Note: you are only about 15 minutes from the Pantheon!!! Roma is very compact.)
Now that you are near my apartment, you should walk just a bit further, just steps out of the crazy, crowded Campo and into my favorite hang-out ~ Piazza Farnese with its unique twin fountains repurposed from large granite sarcophagi taken from the ancient Baths of Caracalla - more "old Roman things" - and the famous Palazzo Farnese, now the French Embassy! Sit and relax in Caffe' Farnese and watch the world go by.
Just a start....
Pauline added:
Sad comments on society's priorities ~ a new world order. Interesting to note how universal this has become in a time when the power of words - and the pen - has become
Enough thread drift. I would rather immerse myself in Roma today!
Laura, your Rosseta House rental appears to be on via del Pozzo Delle Cornacchie, which is a cobbled, narrow and mostly pedestrian street just out of Piazza della Rotunda - the piazza in front of the Pantheon. You are just steps from the Pantheon, one of the most remarkable ancient buildings in the world! Visit it just as it opens to avoid the masses. It is also a church, so at times there will be a mass. During the day, the piazza is a zoo; at night a more quiet zoo but a must see! The Pantheon should help fulfill your nephews desire to "see old Roman things." Remind him that in ancient times, you used to walk up stairs to the portico, now we slope down to access the entrance. The really ancient Roman buildings have foundations way below today's street level...
To start with the practical, you have a Despar grocery store on via Giustiniani. Looking out from the Pantheon portico, it's the pedestrian street just off the upper left hand corner of the Piazza della Rotunda... and oh so close to your apartment. It's easy to miss, as all you see from the crowded pedestrian filled narrow street, is a small entrance door and a small exit but it is large inside. Good little deli for take away. ***please toss a coin in the cup of the guy, with mishappen feet & hands, who sits on a board with wheels, at the edge of this piazza. Nice guy! I often see the local waiters from the surrounding caffes helping him with food and drink.....
Also near by, just off Piazza Maddalena, along via Maddalena - also very tourist clogged; to be avoided when possible! - is Angelo Feroci, a lovely macelleria - Can a macelleria be lovely, Pauline?
"Slaughtered meat of the finest quality" - with not only quality meats but prepared, but not cooked, food to go. If you don't feel like cooking, at least peek in at the carrara marble interior.Another great food source, a block or two over from your street - should you be cooking & eating in your apartment - is the sweet little farmer's market in a corner of Piazza della Coppelle. Check out the little ally behind the market, where you pass through to Campo Marzo, bypassing the crowded, restaurant filled via Maddalena. Also, take note of the old columns imbedded into the walls... *** Hope you have a good, detailed map of Roma.....
And not really that far away, and well worth a visit even if you don't want to buy food, is the large Campo de Fiori open market - walk through the gorgeous Piazza Navona, (Oops, need to add that as you come out to the north end of the PiazzaNavona, from your street, to the busy Piazza Cinque Lune, you have a major taxi rank! You may need it...) exit the south end, cross busy Corso Vittorio Emanuele (at the signals!) and follow along via dei Baullari to the Campo. This mercato is now also filled with trinkets and junk but still retains some of the local food vendors. (Note: you are only about 15 minutes from the Pantheon!!! Roma is very compact.)
Now that you are near my apartment, you should walk just a bit further, just steps out of the crazy, crowded Campo and into my favorite hang-out ~ Piazza Farnese with its unique twin fountains repurposed from large granite sarcophagi taken from the ancient Baths of Caracalla - more "old Roman things" - and the famous Palazzo Farnese, now the French Embassy! Sit and relax in Caffe' Farnese and watch the world go by.
Just a start....
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It's a genetic curse - German/Austrian ancestry (wish there was a little Roman/Italian buried in there). I really do love to walk through Roma in my mind & maps of any kind have always fascinated me, so I had fun putting part one together. Takes me away from reality..... If you don't mind, I'll add a bit more soon about your 'hood. 
My computer crashed after my last posting. I saw my life, flash before my eyes
So I'm on my iPad, which is just not the same. Don't know yet what can be retrieved from "old" computer - only 7 years old.........
Ron in Rome