AMOROMA

Observations and reflections about my life in Rome, including the excursions that take me beyond the walls...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Mazara del Vallo

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Mazara del Vallo is one of the most important fishing centers of Italy, located on the southwestern coast of Sicily. During our recent trip...
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Satiro Danzante - Dancing Satyr

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The Dancing Satyr - Satiro Danzante is a 4th Century BC bronze statue that was found in 1998 off the port of Mazara del Valo , at a depth o...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Giovane di Mozia

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Just off the coast of Marsala in Sicily is the island of Mozia . This island was first settled in the 8th century BC and became a shipping c...

Sicilian Sea Salt

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In Trapani (Sicily) you can find salt marshes with some of the windmills that used to drain water from the water ponds in the flat marshland...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Thousand Egg Omelette

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The hillside town of Padula. When the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited the Carthusian Monastery at Padula the monks prepared in the mon...
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Bar-B. Que for St. Lawrence

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The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence in the Carthusian Monastery Chapel at Padula, Italy I was in Sicily on the Feast of St. Lawrence, August 10th,...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Shopping for Light Bulbs

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In Rome when you go to the store for light bulbs you will only find energy-saving fluorescent bulbs available. Over a year ago, on July 1, ...
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My journey began in San Clemente, California and continued in New York (actually Hoboken, NJ) until I came to Rome in the summer of 2007. This fascinating city is now my home.
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