Several parts, excuse the hand wobbles
Part 1: A bit shaky handed, could say rainy day, could say 180 degree panning with feet not moving... or could say shaky hands. This is from the point at which we emerge onto the road coming from our apartment. I dwelt upon the bus with its apposite destination. But Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare) had not known he would have a road constructed, a wide cut through the Prati district)****, in the 1880s, with barracks of the army and carabinieri there, not too far from the Vatican City, just defeated in the new Italian Kingdom's fight with the pope for Rome.
Part 1: A bit shaky handed, could say rainy day, could say 180 degree panning with feet not moving... or could say shaky hands. This is from the point at which we emerge onto the road coming from our apartment. I dwelt upon the bus with its apposite destination. But Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare) had not known he would have a road constructed, a wide cut through the Prati district)****, in the 1880s, with barracks of the army and carabinieri there, not too far from the Vatican City, just defeated in the new Italian Kingdom's fight with the pope for Rome.
**** that link is to the Italian Wikipedia entry for Prati, which is informative. Get that translated by opening in Chrome, don't click for the version at English Wikipedia, which is rubbish.
For part 2 we have crossed the road to be nearer. One interesting phenomenon in this little recording is the way people passing by go out of their way to suggest they are not listening, cannot see, need not contribute a coin. We did contribute and bought a couple of CDs, see them being offered in the last moment of the film. The music may not be Opera House standard, but then we did not go to the Opera House. We went on a rainy day to the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome and got a bit wet. That's the relevant memory.
We are very close to the paid-access walkways of the Forum.
You can also appreciate how nice it is in Rome, especially staying in Monti, just nearby, to have daily glimpses of the Colosseum, without the urge to go inside and play Charlton Heston or Russell Crowe. For us all this is part of beloved furniture.
What went on in the Colosseum as we call it, the Arena back then, was pretty appalling. See here, and especially here. Now hurry and join the pack with your online, beat the queue ticket.
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Just a little more music: Yesterday, Lennon-McCartney. In the video you can see the styles of different visitors. The east Asians–Koreans, Chinese and Japanese–lead in general refinement and modest style.
The musicians, the buskers recorded, made very little money,
but this pair just nearby were making buckets of money.
We are inclined to empty-headedness as a species, I suppose.
but this pair just nearby were making buckets of money.
We are inclined to empty-headedness as a species, I suppose.
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