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First of all, a very Happy Easter to everyone. I hope you will have a wonderful day and maybe enjoy some of that Pizza Rustica I had mentioned earlier. It’s freezing cold in New Jersey, so we’ll have to bundle up to have that Easter Egg hunt.

Yes, we’re back at home, but later on in this post there’s a last little bit on our wonderful trip to Rome.

Being here has so filled my head with a flavor for ancient Rome! I’ve been able to finish the first draft of FATE CALLS, the Christmas vampire book thanks to the trip, but here’s a question for you –

What do you think is a sexier name: Hadrian or Adriano?

Let me know and you may find yourself in the dedication to this next novella.
Continue reading “Happy Easter and Rome – The Final Days”

I don’t think you need to know Italian to know what that word means. Way tired, but enjoying all the different sights.

Today we did some shopping. Nothing fancy, mostly walking around and checking out all the stores near the Spanish Steps. Got a few hairy eyeballs from the salespeople at DIOR and those ultra-expensive shops. By contrast, the people at D&G were quite friendly and we bought a little something.

Weirdest thing we did today — visit the Crypt of the Capuchin Monks where they decorated the altars, etc. with human bones. Macabre to the max! For more on this, you can click here to check out their official site (Make sure to use the link to THE CRYPT).

Here’s some more pictures for you!
Continue reading “Rome Day 4 – Exhausto”

The word today was STEPS as in up and down lots of them and “Watch out for that step!” We started off by going to the Catacombs of San Callisto and checking out where over 500,000 Romans were buried.
Continue reading “Rome Day 3 – Ancient Rome”

The word for today was LINES! Long long lines. We spent nearly 4 hours in lines! The first line was to get into St. Peter’s itself. Just over an hour, but we got to see so many things. Here’s some of them:
Continue reading “Rome Day 2 – The Vatican”

Buon Giorno from Roma on a beautiful Palm Sunday! We’re here enjoying the sights and doing a little research for SECRET AGENT REUNION and my December holiday vamp story.

Rome is amazing! We’ve been walking all day and getting the lay of the land. Our hotel is within about 2 miles of most of Rome’s wonders.

We started today by going to Palm Sunday Mass after we checked in. We were able to see the Pope. From there we hit a local flea market, an assortment of churches (there’s one on every corner and even the local churches are wonderful), piazzas, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, the Forum and Colliseum. We didn’t go into the bigger monuments as we plan on doing those on different days, as well as the Vatican grounds.

Here’s some pictures from our first day!

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