Ho un rapporto di amore-odio con Roma. Momenti di pura gioia capaci di precipitare nella più nera frustrazione. L’altro giorno sono rimasta bloccata nel traffico infernale del Muro Torto. I motorini sfrecciavano da ogni lato zigzagando fra le auto, una bionda sui trent’anni a bordo di una Smart continuava a strombazzare il clacson alle mie […]
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I have a love-hate relationship with Rome. Moments of sheer joy and exhilaration can slide into moments of excruciating frustration. The other day I was I blocked in traffic at rush hour on Rome’s nightmare Muro Torto — the curving road that runs along the winding, ancient city wall. Motorinos (mopeds) were buzzing around me
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Rome is a city that simmers with sensuality. It comes to a boil in the torrid summer months, when the intense Roman heat encourages its citizens to dress scantily and breath heavily. Moving to Rome from Puritan Boston, all this over-heating was new to me. In Boston, winters are long and cold, houses are big
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In an historic ceremony Pope Francis proclaimed former Popes John Paul II and John XXIII saints today while Pope emeritus Benedict XVI sat on the side of the altar. It was a four-pope mega event– the first time two popes presided over the canonization mass of two other popes. Associated Press Television had crews working
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Dear Blog Readers — If any of you follow me on twitter, you know that I have spent the day frantically running around the Vatican covering the preparations for tomorrow’s two pope canonization. Tomorrow morning Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints. This morning I started early interviewing pilgrims who had
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Last night I was invited to a fabulous Fellini feast, the opening night of “Amarcord” – a dance performance based on Italian Film Director Federico Fellini’s 1973 film of the same name. The title “Amarcord” is taken from the local dialect meaning “mi ricordo” in Italian or “I Remember”– and is a fantastical trip through
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Dear Blog Readers — By now most of you probably know about the attack last Friday in Afghanistan on two women working for the Associated Press, killing Pulitizer-Prize winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus and seriously wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon. It has taken me a few days to want to write a post and even now
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