Glenn Dobbs
A Wes Anderson Movie
November 11, 2018 - Following the advice of Atlas Obscura we went to find ‘Quartiere Coppede’ today. It is a neighborhood in Rome built...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 16, 20192 min read
The Appian Way
November 10, 2018 - This bucolic image of Colleen walking by a small road is much more than it appears. This road is the original Appian...
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Apr 16, 20191 min read
Augustus wanted one
November 9, 2019 - A word or two about these things. This is an Egyptian Obelisk found in front of Italy’s Parliament building on Piazza...
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Apr 16, 20192 min read
The 'Mozart of Marble'
November 8, 2018 - We took a walk to the Galleria Borghese today. It is an art museum located in one of the few green parks in Rome. The...
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Apr 16, 20191 min read
The best of Greece...In Italy
November 5, 2018 - We are on the last leg of our Almafi Coast excursion before we head back to Rome. We traveled to Paestum. We were...
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Apr 16, 20191 min read
We were once awesome (Before the tsunami)
November 4, 2018 - After a wild bus ride, we made it to Almafi. It has been overcast but still warm with occasional belts of light...
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Apr 16, 20191 min read
Postiano
November 4, 2018 - On our excursion from Rome we are hitting several stops along the coast that are near each other before heading back...
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Apr 16, 20192 min read
The day the world ended
November 3, 2018 - Pliny the Younger was only 18 years old when he saw the disaster on August 24, 79 AD. The son of the elder Pliny who...
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Apr 16, 20192 min read
The Great Fire
April 16, 2019 - Colleen and I used to laugh about it. As we traveled we would visit great cathedrals around the world, it is hard not...
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Apr 15, 20192 min read
A stop in Naples
November 2, 2018 - We left Rome today to travel south for a few days. We arrived to a very wet Naples but that did not discourage us. We...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
It's good to know the Pope
October 31, 2017 - We traveled outside Rome to Tivoli. It is a small town in the foothills about 20 miles east of the city. We wanted to...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
Feral cats and the death of Julius Caesar
October 30, 2018 - We took a walk today to an archeological site in Rome called Torre Argentina. It is a site surrounded on all 4 sides...
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Apr 15, 20192 min read
A very big Friday
October 28, 2018 - On Friday, January 30th, 9 BC Gaius Octavius Thurinus walked into this altar with an entourage. He was 52 years old....
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
The Pope's Garden
October 27, 2018 - We made it to the mountain top. Well, we finally made it to the Vatican at least. We were trying to arrange a unique...
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Apr 15, 20192 min read
A potpourri of Roman tidbits
October 26, 2018 - A potpourri of Roman tidbits today. There is a general strike today, they are common here, of the public transport...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
Ostia Antica
October 25, 2018 - We traveled outside the city today to Ostia Antica. This was a colony of Rome that was situated on the Tiber River and...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
Our butts kicked by the Vatican
October 24, 2018 - I think it is fair to say that by now we are experienced travelers. We have become adept at overcoming the various...
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Apr 15, 20192 min read
It's really big
October 23, 2018 - This building is just jaw dropping. It is the Basilica of Constantine. (Around 300 AD). It was not a church but...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
Main Street in Downtown Rome
October 22, 2018 - You are looking across a field of ruins that is a portion of the Roman Forum. For those that have never been to this...
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Apr 15, 20191 min read
Rome's Indy 500 Speedway
October 21, 2018 - I laughed too at this classic Italian Fiat. Then I realized this company owns Chrysler and Jeep. So I kept quiet and...
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