The Bashful Adventurer contemplates a visit to the Holy Steps in Rome.
Category: Rome
A Hint of Home in Rome
Why would a tourist bother to visit McDonald’s Rome? The Bashful Adventurer finds out.
Beyond Saint Peter’s Chains
Of course, visitors to the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains in Rome are drawn to the story of how Peter escaped those chains while a prisoner. But are there other reasons to visit? The Bashful Adventurer finds out.
Tea Partying in the Eternal City
A Visit to Babington’s Tea Rooms As if we needed a break from our vino rosso and carb-filled Italian vacation, the Brawny Sherpa and I decide at the bottom of the Spanish Steps that it is time for tea—and carbs of a slightly different sort. Here in the land of espresso and grappa, in we…
Staying in Rome near the Spanish Steps
Could You Get Any Closer than the Scalinata di Spagna? With less than 24 hours to spend in Rome, the Brawny Sherpa and I would need to be strategic in selecting a hotel so that we could see those last few sights we had missed on the first leg of our trip to Italy. We…
10 Good Things about Holiday Inn Express Rome
Have you been in a Holiday Inn lately? I had not, but find myself staying in Holiday Inn Express Rome–San Giovanni (not far outside the walls of the old city) as part of a package that mostly involves incredibly low airfare. I figure I’ll suffer the hotel in the name of an unplanned trip to…
Street Art, Rome
In case a traveler needs to see just a little bit more art on any given trip to Italy: enjoy the fizzy pink lady in Rome. You can find her on Via Assisi not far up from Via Tuscolana before the Holiday Inn Express Rome – San Giovanni. —Lori Tripoli ~Advertisement~ ~Advertisement~ Like street art?…
Flashback Friday: Circling the Palatine
What I love about travel, aside from actually visiting a place, is the anticipation beforehand and then the memories afterward. I’m years and years past my first trip to Rome, and my memories of my solitary adventure there are a bit hazy, but I remember being drawn to the Roman Palatine because that is where…
Three Lines Worth Waiting On (and Two to Skip)
The frustration of any trip—especially one taken during peak tourism times—is waiting on line. If only all major world attractions had a FastPass, where I could return at a designated hour and cut right to the front of the line. Some attractions, though, are worth those minutes and hours and sweaty days of snaking forward…
On My Knees at the Scala Santa
Will the Bashful Adventurer, who is not exactly a church-goer, nevertheless be transformed by a visit to the Scala Santa, or Holy Stairs, in Rome?