Category Archives: Roma

Buy old books in the streets of Rome!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

This place is in the Piazza Esedra, near the subway Repubblica. I loved to search for old rare books in there!

Posted in Italy, Roma | Tagged bookshop, Italy, Rome | 2 Comments

Snow in Rome

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

I had just experienced a very intense cold. It was minus 2°C in Madrid, but since it was very windy, when I came back to the apartment of my friend, late at night, my face was feeling like burned! Then … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Roma | Tagged Coliseum, Italy, Rome, Snow, Snow in Rome, Vittorio Emanuele II | 13 Comments

Cultural richness

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

This is just a mexican snake happily working on a british pub. The picture, by the way, was taken in Rome.

Posted in Italy, Roma | Tagged pictures, pub, Rome, snake | 2 Comments

From Rome to Egypt, to Japan, to Brazil and more!

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

There I was in a pizzeria where works this egyptian, Ebrahim. After going there at least once a week for two months I was finally able to have a longer conversation with him. I started it. I was provoking. I … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Roma | Tagged Culture, Egypt, Friends, Italy, Rome, Serendipity | 5 Comments

Important heads

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

Walking on the Villa Borghese, you can see some statues of different types and different persons. Here, for now, I show the pictures. How knows in the future I have more time to write here exploring the history behind these … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Roma | Tagged History, Rome, Statues, Villa Borthese | 3 Comments

At home in Rome

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

By the time I write this post I still have two more weeks here in Rome. But I already miss the place. As for the house, here is some brief ideas of the house, some views, and lots of pictures … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Roma, Stories | Tagged Cats, Living in Rome, pictures | 5 Comments

Walking all night in Rome

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

When I went to the Couch Surfing meetings, in Rome, I had one problem: transportation. I needed a little bit more than one hour to go back home. Considering there was no more buses or subways after midnight, you already … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Roma, Stories | Tagged Italy, r, Rome, Rome in the night, Sciopero a roma, Taxi Strike, Vatican, Walking in the night | 10 Comments

Secret treasures

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

When you go to a different city, try not to make the same path twice through the streets… You can find many secrets this way. Secrets such as these: I found this on a small street in Rome, near the … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Places, Roma | Tagged City walking, Rome, Sculptures | 4 Comments

God bless the children

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

There is a lovely place over one of the seven hills of Rome, where you can see the sunset behind the Vatican. The place is called, in Italian, the “Pincio”, and this peaceful and nice area was the spot choosen … Continue reading →

Posted in Roma, Stories | Tagged Animal Cemetery, Animal Equality, Children, Italy, Manifestation, Pincio, Rome | 3 Comments

The spirit of Tiberinus

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Axel Pliopas

A long river… a long history! In the Aeneid, the great poem of Virgil, Aeneas has a dream… The god of the river tells him about the future of a great city by the river. The great city is, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Italy, Roma | Tagged Albula, fiume Tevere, Italy, Rome, Tiber river, Tiberinus | Leave a comment