You don’t have to be a history nerd or art snob to appreciate the beauty of Rome. What you do need to arm yourself with is the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child; the way a toddler is wide-eyed and shrieks with joy at the most banal everyday objects: aContinue reading “Galleria Colonna – Hidden in plain sight”
Category Archives: The Places I Go
Rome’s buried Golden House – older than the Colosseum
If you have not read “Alice in Wonderland”, you have most likely seen snippets of the Disney take on this classic Lewis Carroll tale: an ingenuous girl with an innate sense of curiosity enters this magical world and embarks on this madcap adventure involving a Cheshire cat, the Queen of Hearts and the Madhatter. ItContinue reading “Rome’s buried Golden House – older than the Colosseum”
Palazzo Farnese – The best secret view
If you have been to Rome multiple times, I’m sure you have seen the main sites: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona and the like. Admittedly, rattling them off like this does no justice to their majesty, but it does tell me that you need to start scratching below the surface of thisContinue reading “Palazzo Farnese – The best secret view”
Expat lifestyle
I have been super busy lately. Years ago, this would have made me resent my job, but somehow, working in a city that is brimming with art and history means that I still feel inspired. Even catching the bus to work instead of the gloomy metro, with its grey, masked paper people, becomes an opportunityContinue reading “Expat lifestyle”
Morning walks: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti alle 7
Waking up with a city is the only way to see it. At times, it is kind of akin to watching bedraggled people stumble home after a night out: the streets are littered with cigaratte butts, the trash is still loitering on the sidewalks, but it is imperfectly beautiful. In the morning, Rome is aContinue reading “Morning walks: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti alle 7”
Christmas cheer in a pandemic year
The oldest pharmacy in Europe: A treasure hunt
When photos are strictly off limits for a location in Rome, you know it’s a gem. When you can only get in with a private booking, you feel this bougie privilege of being a polished traveler: your in-the-know cultural awareness has opened secret doors to an off the path location. When I moved to Rome,Continue reading “The oldest pharmacy in Europe: A treasure hunt”
Buongiorno Roma sotto la pioggia!
Finding home in a place that is so culturally different from where you were born is not easy. Admittedly, this is a personal blog that showcases snippets of my day that are more magical than mundane – and I am fueling the desire to “Eat, Pray, Love” or find your ‘quintessential’ Italy in an “UnderContinue reading “Buongiorno Roma sotto la pioggia!”
The Salento: A solo guide
“Azure waves, burnished by the sun, gently cascade over in a salty spray.” Pretentiously quoting a descriptive piece I wrote in school in Australia, I realise that my two weeks in Salento this July really were simply that: time immersed in the blue hues of the Mediterranean. This trip had been planned in my mindContinue reading “The Salento: A solo guide”
A year in Rome today!!!!!!!!
So at some point I decided to have a life and neglected posting my musings here (post about Salento in Puglia to follow). That said, today it is officially my 365th day in Roma and I have decided to go through some of the highs and lows of my…7th year abroad (5 in Italy fromContinue reading “A year in Rome today!!!!!!!!”
The Adopted Italian 