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Morning walk through Piazza Navonna
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Dinner at Da Bucatino
Marcello and I enjoyed a wonderful meal at Da Bucatino last night, probably the best meal in Rome yet. We started with carciofi alla Romana, the artichoke smashed flat on a plate — tender, beautiful, delicious. We split a pici con pancetta pecorino e carciofi and grilled swordfish, and a carafe of unsurprisingly mediocre red house wine. After paying the bill, our waitress, who reminded me of my aunts in their somewhat younger days, brought … more
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Sharing a lovely red wine with old friend Marcello, before dinner with him at Da Bucatino. He brought it, a 2011 Sartori Amarone della Valpolicella, along with castagnole.
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Yesterday and today
I spent yesterday on a long walk to Roma Termini train station where I found Euronics, a discount electronic company. I bought a cell phone for 19€, easy, then went up the the 2nd floor TIM office to buy a SIM card and have the phone activated, not so easy. An hour of waiting behind a throng of Japenese tourists and several angry Italians and 29€ later I had my phone and two months of … more
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Eataly is stunning, awe-inspiring, four floors of mind-bending food, wine, beers, groceries, accessors, like Disneyland meets Farmer Market meets World Expo for foodies.
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The Protestant Cemetery in Rome, with graves of English poets Keats and Shelley, Antonio Gramsci, founder of the Italian Communist Party, and other luminaries.