An Angel.

We closed the second night of our Rome visit listening to the amazing voice and guitar of SandsAcoustic. Before, we had climbed the top of Castel S. Angelo – which currently is open at night – and enjoyed a view of Rome at night. The building itself is quite astonishing too. So my two top sights-to-see did not disappoint me: the Pantheon and the Castle of Angels. Continue reading →

Gelato di Roma. The Green Cone works as a Spoon.

After some fourteen years, I today ended up in Italy again, for a four day metro-vacation in beautiful Rome. After a short flight from Berlin (delighted by AirBerlin’s service compared to our trip to Brussels last month with brussels airlines) my wife and I arrived at our venue: Suite Beccaria. It’s much smaller than we thought, a B&B in a flat near Piazza del Popolo with about four rooms… Very cosy though, and the bathroom has a whirlpool:-) The bed is good, and they serve breakfast in your room.

After check-in we immediately went out, looking for lunch. From the cab we’d seen a caffeteria named Bar Carrara round the corner, and that one turned out to be a winner. We got excellent pasta including drinks for two for 16€… Later we added espresso and cappuccino – and a bun, to finish the amazing sauce… And I was really astonished when I had to pay only €2.50… in Rome! It seems to be wise to have lunch outside the tourist area, in a place where business people have their break:-)

Eating outside in the hot sun was a pleasure after all the rain in the past weeks, but we soon realised we were not appropriately dressed for the Italian weather. We changed into something lighter and started into the city centre… Continue reading →