This political poster was all over via Cavour last week and for some reason (and I have no idea of this man’s politics, but he works in the assessor’s department of Municipio VIII), it really creeped me out. The whole stoic gaze seems very “dictator” to me and a...

Taken on via Nazionale (yes, that is a new Burger King that has opened). They seemed like a cute...

I know I’ve been saying it a lot, but I’m still shocked by how the rain has come along full force. Typical situation….cool in the morning, fairly sunny and nice all day, downpour of rain as I leave work….thus creating the most awful and jam packed bus rides ever. ...

So it seems as though the weather has turned over the past week and all of a sudden the rainy season is upon us. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to have a break in the heat, but I really hope it doesn’t continue on like this! Last winter was the wettest I remember and...

It started pouring rain and hailing yesterday afternoon as I made my way toward the Pantheon to meet some people. Sometimes with all the other great stuff here in the city, I forget that Rome is also the capital and therefore houses all the government bodies for Italy. I remembered this as...

Another photo from Frascati, in Piazza San Pietro Apostolo. It was looking a bit cloudy when we arrived, so the umbrella sellers were out in force, ready to pounce if there were any drops. Luckily there weren’t and it cleared up beautifully, but I was quite taken with his show of how...