A few Delights

Rome has so many delights, most that I have selfishly refrained from blogging about. Due to my extremely empty wallet, I have looked up all of the free things to do in Rome. I found a tour of the Pantheon that happens at 7 on certain days each week given for free by volunteers. I happened to find out about it 20 minutes before it began. Determined, I rounded up a friend on facebook to meet me there and flew out the door. How silly it was of me to think a bus would come on time and that it would happen to get me to the center at the busy traffic hour in 20 minutes. A bus did come though, and I ran through the streets of Rome to arrive 3 minutes late.

The website said to find a group with an angel on the umbrella. Yeah, right. After circulating the Pantheon 2 or 3 times and sidling close to large groups speaking English, after searching for any umbrellas at all, after asking people if they were on a free tour (I kind of liked to see their faces fall when they realized they could have had something for free-- humans-- our happy lives are so easily set off kilter when we compare our reality to unknown missed opportunities) Kim and I concurred that we couldn't find it. So we gave ourselves a free tour that was full of "I learned about this in Art History, but I can't remember anything," or, "There is something about a famous person buried here, oh yeah, it is Raphael I think," or, "I heard it is cool in here when it rains because the oculus (the big hole in the ceiling) makes this cylinder of rain," etc. I am sure you can imagine. So then we just enjoyed the Piazza and for the third time I enjoyed a street opera performance. This video is dedicated to Beckah Whitlock because she introduced me to this song. I know it is one of her favorites.
But you have to see it on my facebook because it wouldn't load on here.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150225216639859&saved


All of the residents upstairs have a great radio . . . right outside their window. The opera man is always followed up by the jazzy gypsies. Molto Italiano. Very Italian.

This man saw me and gave me a little pose. Oops, didn't give him money. Sorry. Thanks. But sorry. I had to get a picture of that big bass fiddle.

New Celebrity Crush

Garrett Hedlund

Ok, so I just watched Country Strong and the character Beau looked so familiar. Only a nerd would know him for Eragon and not for Troy. Whatever. In the movie he had this deep, drawlish voice that sounded so beautiful whether he was speaking or singing. It got to me. Then I found out he is 6'2 (and 1/2). It got to me even more.

NEW CRUSH