Comments on: Roman Holiday

By: Moose in the Kitchen » Blog Archive » When Calendars Make Guatemalan Goats Cry

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:38:54 +0000

[...] yes? A vintage travel poster, featuring Rome and a sight we’ve seen with our very own eyes. Memories and organization, all in one tidy wall-hanging. Now look lower. See those wee numbers? [...]

By: Moose in the Kitchen » A Mere Eight Months Late

Moose in the Kitchen » A Mere Eight Months Late — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:20:04 +0000

[...] I like my purses roomy. When I leave the house for more than ten minutes, I want to be sure I have a full range of entertainment and snacking options. When I went to Italy in May, my purse held guide books (yes, plural), maps, notebooks, various documentation, a camera, water, the aforementioned snacks – and a small moose. Because I enjoy baffling French tourists by carefully posing a stuffed animal in front of various dignified monuments. [...]

By: barbie2be

barbie2be — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:51:45 +0000

i walked around Rome for 10 days in 2005 saying “oh my god, I am in Italy”. i couldn’t believe i was actually there.

By: Christa (nora's friend)

Christa (nora's friend) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:51:00 +0000

It’s sad because you used to be able to go in and mill about while admiring the ceiling. You could take your time to study the beauty that Michaelangelo created. Now they just shuttle you through and shut you up.

By: Jhianna

Jhianna — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:02:09 +0000

Animatronic Pope, hee!

Where’d you take that first photo? Cause I really,really want to live there even if I have to set up a tent in that wee grassy area. (If WhatsHisFace had let me, I’d have bought an old church to renovate into a house way back when)

By: catwalker

catwalker — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:53:49 +0000

wait – people don’t go to the Vatican/Sistine Chapel to see where Robert Langdon foiled the evil plot of the Opus Dei?!?!?!

By: catwalker

catwalker — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:52:03 +0000

yes! you always must keep an eye on the Japanese tourists – often they have a leader with a flag — on a stick!

They have the how to be an annoying tourist and see EVERYTHING (and take pictures of it – with your friend with a peace sign flashing) (only not *that* annoying) but I think they really do manage to see EVERYTHING¡

silencio!!!

By: catheroo

catheroo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:29:08 +0000

Well! I went to see the Sistine Chapel, and I never knew about the famous brawl. Probably because no one there could tell me, what with the code of silencio.

P.S. I am jealous.