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Rome I

Michelangelo's Moses

Miscellaneous Ruins in Rome

Nuovo BMW Z4 Ad

Amazingly, my first visit to Rome. From Michelangelo's Moses to miscellaneous ruins to the juxtaposition of old and new—Nuovo BMW Z4, labeled "Radically Thrilling." (Love that term!)

Tom Peters posted this on 04/19/06.

Comments

Sigh!! I hope to someday see, feel, and taste Rome. Tom, you really "frame" pictures well.

Posted by Susan at April 19, 2006 5:21 PM

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Posted by K.Sriram at April 20, 2006 12:53 AM

I was fortunate enough to visit Rome rather frequently when living in Naples, Italy for 3 years. There is a lot of passion in Vatican City, which is a sovereign state within the city of Rome (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City).

The most passionate act that I witnessed there occurred during my first visit while attending Midnight Mass during Christmas 1996. I was passionately elbowed out of line by a flock of nuns who were fighting to get into the standing-room-only basilica! No kidding, I had bruises!

Posted by Tom O'Leary at April 20, 2006 8:23 AM

Tom O - I fondly recall days being taught by a flock of nuns - I know what you mean. And I was at the Vatican in '00 - Pope avoided me for some reason ... the best Roman art I've seen though is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

Posted by Sean at April 20, 2006 8:43 AM

Sean, love the MET, but nothing quite compares to strolling down some of the older cobbled streets in Roma to really get a feel for Roman art in proper perspective. Florence will also blow your mind away, where the buildings themselves are adorned with some of the greats' work - art al fresco, as part of the urban landscape rather than hidden within climate-controlled corridors. Oh, perhaps I'll revisit Italy before heading stateside next month - if only for the tortellini con panna e proscutti! Yummy!

Posted by Tom O'Leary at April 20, 2006 9:16 AM

Rome is a wonderful city! Although, there has been a lot of friction about the signs(BMW Z4) hanging on the buildings. I'm not sure how it's been of late, but many buildings had scaffolding around them for years with the intention of being repaired, but instead they were not being repaired, but just wanted to sell advertising space on the scaffolding. Maybe things will change now with Romano Prodi.

Posted by Matt at April 22, 2006 5:09 PM