Comments on: Mysterious Rome

By: Anita Latulip

Anita Latulip — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:39:18 +0000

Thank you for the beautiful pictures, it helps me to “dream” about the places I most want to travel to and see all the beauty you have shared with us. We now have about 11 inches of snow on the ground and it looks like a snow globe outside right now. Grazie

By: Lee McIntyre

Lee McIntyre — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:08:54 +0000

Beautiful photos!

By: Bernardine

Bernardine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:44:44 +0000

Thanks for the photos. They have an almost magical look about them. Lots of snow here in the U.S.-Philadelphia area. Hoping for nice weather when I arrive in mid-April!!

By: Jeannie Lewis

Jeannie Lewis — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:28:42 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful note, pictures and the perspective of a century! It’s very telling and I think we will have more of this to come. Very best regards and appreciation, Jeannie

By: Stanley Crabb

Stanley Crabb — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:47:40 +0000

To Elizabeth — who wrote of the unusual snow in Rome. It isn’t so uncommon afterall, Elizabeth. While we were living there in the 70s and 80s, I remember several snows, usually 5-6 years apart, and then as now they generally lasted only a few hours. We had a memorable (for us) snow once that was absolutely beautiful. Not a “dusting,” as the one seems to be in the fotos, but a real, possibly 4-5 inch snow. Our kids were excited as were we. But alas, by noon that same day,it had all melted.
When I read your title (“Mysterious Rome”) I thought you were going to explore “Roma Underground.” In the 1980s (?) RAI-TV produced a series with that title. It seems there are disguised entrances, often unnoticed by passers-by, that lead down to churches, streets, etc. underground. One can no doubt still gain access to these real “mysteries” at some city office, or at the Historical Society for the Protection of the Beni Culturali. I would love to read a story about this in ItalianNotebook. The TV commentator said there is probably as much to see under Rome as there is above ground. SC

By: Claudia McCadden

Claudia McCadden — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:41:27 +0000

How magical!!!Thanks for the pictures. Seeing the beautiful city of Rome covered by a blanket of snow is so wonderful. I wish I was there. We truly miss Rome!
Grazie e Ciao,
Claudia

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:05:19 +0000

I’m sure it must have been lovely to see this ancient city covered in snow! Your photos are lovely. We got to see snow in Perugia, in Umbria and it was magical. http://livecheapmakeart.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html

By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:46:36 +0000

beautiful photos — I live in North Carolina and we have had much snow this winter including three inches once again Friday night — I am definitely ready for spring though I know in the summer when the temperature is in the high 80′s with high humidity I will be wishing for cooler weather — :0)

By: Britta

Britta — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:22:17 +0000

Wow! That is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for posting these! It reminds me of my very first day in Rome – the coldest day of the year, with the most rain in 50 years. How I miss the city!

By: sandra

sandra — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:42:55 +0000

A truly unusual but beautiful and “mysterious” sight!!!