Sunday, August 9, 2009

ROME

Top Five Favorite Things About Rome

5. The Views: Looking out over a postcard cityscape with bells echoing through the streets.













4. The Fountains: I've always had a thing for waterfalls and fountains--and Rome had some of the most beautiful I've ever seen. And it didn't hurt that two of these were featured in '50's movies 3. Gelato: I've never been a huge ice-cream lover. Everyone kept raving about Italian gelato, and I'm not gonna lie, I doubted. But I soon converted, and ate it at least once everyday--coming home very disdainful of the American version. 2. Sidewalk Cafes: I loved eating outside for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I did get carbed out pretty quickly, but I fell in love with every sidewalk cafe we ate at. This one was right in front of the Parthenon.


















1. Music in the Streets: People have always made fun of me that I randomly break into song. In Rome, I found a kindred city because everywhere we went people were singing. This man was a street performer who set up a boom box in the piazza, opened his mouth and suddenly I was listening to an Andrea Bocelli.

6 comments:

Naoma said...

mmmmm that Gelato looks good and the sidewalk cafes sound heavenly! It is fun to see the pictures attatched to the stories that you told me. What a fun trip you guys had!

Meggen said...

Sarah, you lead a fairy tale life sometimes! What amazing adventures you have had! I love hearing about it all! You are a beautiful and adventurous woman! Love you, Babe!

Annette Lyon said...

Trying . . . not . . . to . . . be . . . ragingly . . . jealous . . .

Glad you had a great time!

Annalisa said...

wow, rome! looks like so much fun!

Nick and Ashley said...

So cool! I think its so great your going to all the places I WANT to go. I hope its giving you inspiration for your books! ;) Love the pics!

Hannah said...

It looks like you guys had so much fun in Italy! Maybe when I'm rich ;) I'll sponser a Imprint trip to Europe and you and Kelsey can show me all of these beautiful places. Wouldn't that be nice. ;)