Gelato, gelato, gelato!
Gelato per tutti.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
I have never seen so much gelato! It’s wonderful, especially when served affogato. Molto bene! I’m only allowing myself one a day….
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Spices at a Roman market near Termini.
Mercato Romano.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
I’m taking as many photos as possible, using this great opportunity to hone my photography skills. I thought this was an especially beautiful composition.
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 42 mm
Sant' Eustachio.
Sant’ Eustachio,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Reported to serve the best espresso anywhere, and I live about a ten-minute walk from this caffe (It’s in a small piazza right behind the Pantheon). Spendy, though. Three euro for this doppio espresso con panna. They have a rival about two blocks
du Vino!
du Vino!,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Tonight was great; we just got back from a wine tasting, given by a friend of Lisa’s. He owns a wine bar in the Campo de’ Fiori. I’m definitely going to bring back some vino. He had some really good stuff from
Lunch in Tuscany.
Tuscan church.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Last Wednesday, we left Rome for a four-day trip to northern Italy. Our first stop was for lunch in the small, hilltop villa of ….. umm, I can’t remember the name. It’s on my schedule which is at my apartment. But anyway, it
Graffiti in Pisa.
War must stop!,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
We learned from an American physics professor teaching in Pisa that this town has a long, rich history of anarchism. There was a lot of political graffiti present, especially near the university there. I really liked Pisa. I wish we could have stayed
Andrea and the Jolly Bus (aka "bousse").
Andrea, the Italian,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
This is Andrea. He was our bus driver and spent the whole time in Parma and Pisa with us. He translated for us when Lisa or Chris couldn’t (e.g., most of the time). He also hit on a lot of the
Que bella!
Church in Pisa.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
This is one of my favorite photos that I’ve taken so far; elegant and beautiful, I think. It’s a church along the river in Pisa (which I need to find the name of). I shot it as I was walking back
The Italians.
Italian nun.,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
So, after looking at one of my classmate’s photos, I’ve decided to focus more on the Italian people as subject matter, rather than architecture and inanimate objects. It must have been fate, because while we were enduring a long wait at the
Starbucks is a joke!!! Non giocondo.
Lining up at the bar….,
originally uploaded by callieo!.
Will, here are the Italians…lining up at the bar. We went here, Sant’ Eustachio, after dinner tonight. I had an espresso con panna for one euro and 75 cents. Perfetto! Anyway, one of those spent demi-tasse cups is mine….