Welcome to Rome

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Welcome to Rome

• By Patrick Laglagaron

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Flight Information

• Depart from JFK at 510 pm
• Connection at Charles de Gaulle in Paris
• Arrive at Fiumicino Airport in Rome at 920 am
• Total Cost 1060.53
• Total Time 10 hrs 10 min

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Sites to See

• Rome
• Vatican City
• Ostia Antica
• Villa Torlonia

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Hotel Accommodations

• The Red Rose Bed and Breakfast
• 37.50 per person / per night
• 5 minute walk to the Colosseum and the Roman
  Forum

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Day 2

• Arrive and get settled check on neighborhood
  food stores, coffee bars, laundries, and
  rosticcerie.
• 32 for two week bus ticket

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Day 2 Cont

• Early dinner at diTirambo
• Homestyle trattoria (traditional meals)
• Ravioli filled with creamed radicchio
• Gnocchi with eggplant and clam sauce
• Dessert
• Dark chocolate and pear tart
• Total Price 30.00

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Day 3

• Morning Start at the Colosseum and Arch of
  Constantine. Walk from there through the Roman
  Forum to the Campdoglio.

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Day 3 Cont.

• Afternoon Lunch in the immediately adjacent
  Jewish Quarter at Piperno
• Carciofi alla giudia (deep-fried artichokes)
• Tour the ghetto itself and the Synagogue.

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Day 4

• Visit San Clemente and ring the bell to see the
  frescos
• Walk to Basilica of San Giovanni
• Lunch at Osteria Da Angelino
• Mozzarella tramezzino w/ granita di orzata
• Around 8

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Day 4 Cont

• Visit the Spanish Steps
• Dinner at Al 34
• Swordfish alla siciliana
• Sepia fettuccini with seafood
• 18.93

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Day 5

• Board at Ponte Marconi at 915 am
• 2 hour cruise to Ostia Antica (40 group)
• Quick lunch on the boat
• Spend around 2 hours at the excavation sites

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Day 5 Cont

• Return by boat at 330 pm
• Dinner on the cruise back to Ponte Marconi

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Day 6

• Visit Piazza Navona
• Fontana del Nettuno
• Fontana dei Fiumi
• Fontana del Moro
• Grab a quick lunch for 3-5 at the nearby cafes

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Day 6 Cont

• Walk to Trevi Square
• Visit the Fontana di Trevi and throw some coins
• Visit the Pantheon
• 118 to 126 AD
• Unknown architect
• Dinner at Antica Taverna
• Spaghetti pomodoro
• Roasted chicken w/ potatoes
• Around 14

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Day 7

• Visit the Circus Maximus
• Walk to Santa Sabina
• Picnic lunch at the nearby park

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Day 7 Cont

• Peek through keyhole at Piazza dei Cavalieri di
  Malta
• Visit the nearby Protestant Cemetery
• Dinner at Baffetto
• Pizza Baffetto
• Around 7

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Day 8

• Explore suburra
• Oldest section of Rome
• Also called Monti
• San Pietro in Vincoli
• Lunch at

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Day 8 Cont

• St. Zeno, Byzantine Chapel of Santa Prassede
• Visit Santa Maria Maggiore
• Dinner at Tempio di Mecenate
• Grilled Fish and pasta
• About 8

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Day 9

• Visit the Colosseum (interior)
• 80,000 people
• 160 ft high, 617 ft long, 512 ft wide
• 8
• Visit San Gregorio Magno
• Lunch at Pizzeria du Colonne
• 6

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Day 9 Cont

• Spend more time on Palatine Hill
• Free Jazz concert at Parco Celimontana
• Dinner afterwards at MonteCarlo
• Risotto and Steak
• 12

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Day 10

• Bus to Villa Torlonia in Via Nomentana
• 2.58
• Lunch at local restaurant
• Sample Frascati wine

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Day 10 Cont

• Visit Museo della Casina delle Civette
• Church of Sant'Agnese and Mausoleum of Santa
  Costanza
• Bus back to Rome, then dinner

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Day 11

• Bus to Vatican City
• Spend 2 hours in the basilica
• Quick lunch for around 2-3
• Spend

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Day 11 Cont

• Spend about an hour at the Vatican Museum
• Walk to nearby Sistine Chapel
• Price 12
• Restoration between 1979-1999
• Dinner in Vatican City (expensive, but euros to
  burn)

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Day 12

• When in Rome, drink as the Romans do
• Visit wine bars around central Rome
• Drinking age is 16
• Lunch Bruschetta and sliced salami

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Day 12 Cont

• Shopping at the center near Piazza Navona
• Dinner at Ristorante Edy
• Tagliatelle allamaticriciana made from tomato,
  bacon, red pepper, and pecorino cheese
• Salsa dalici
• Around 16

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Day 13

• Arrive at Fiumicino Airport in Rome at 1000 am
• Departure 1155 am
• Arrive at JFK 600 pm
• Total Time 12 hr 5 mn

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Day 14

• Work on a scrapbook