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Easter eating in Jamaica is not very exciting. The traditional Jamaican speciality of bun and cheese pales in comparison with the orgies of chocolate we’ve known elsewhere. In Rome, one of our favourite shops was Valzani’s pasticceria (confectioner’s), which alone justified a walk over the river (Trastevere). The street and the shop itself were very unprepossessing, but Continue reading Mmm … Easter 4 comments to Mmm … EasterOut cycling this morning, I passed a field being ripped up. Walking a few metres behind the earthmover (It’s Scoop, mama!) was a man with a metal detector and a spade.
“Dude! WTF!!” I shouted, but he was too busy to look up. I can’t imagine what he hoped to find. Since the land has been Continue reading Where there’s muck 2 comments to Where there’s muck
Those whose prayers have been answered (see previous post), can show their gratitude at this ad hoc shrine in via Trastevere. The slot at the bottom of the wall for donations for “bread for the orphans” has been crowded out by a hundred or so plaques dedicated to the madonna. The oldest plaques are closest to Continue reading Grazie Madonna 3 comments to Grazie Madonna
This statue is in Santa Maria in Trastevere. The hundreds of slips of paper are requests for saintly intervention. Note how the more enterprising supplicants avoided getting their requests lost in the mess at his feet and stuck Post-its on his cassock. Although I forgot to note the name of the saint, it is almost certainly Saint Continue reading Please please me 5 comments to Please please me
I always reckoned that if you were going to be a bum, there are worse places to choose than Rome. I took this photo in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. The coat of arms of the city of Rome forms part of the fountain sculpture. The letters SPQR stand for Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate and Continue reading SPQR 2 comments to SPQR
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Enjoy your Easter, Ria.. go easy on the bun & cheese.
Trastevere… Tevere is the main river, le Tibre in French, yes?
Is that preffix just an indication that you crossed it, or is the Trastevere a tributary of the Tevere?
Thanks RI. I’ll do my best ;-)
Yes, Mathieu. Tevere is Tiber/Tibre in Italian. Trastevere literally means ‘across the Tiber’ and refers to the district on the other side. It used to be a working class neighbourhood but has become very gentrified (like parts of east London/Paris). It’s also a very popular place with tourists because of the hundreds of restaurants.
We all have our passions in everyday life and everybody has their expertise. Your observations has indeed supplied myself a few additional good tips. Thankyou.