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What can you say about Rome that hasn’t already been said?
It’s beautiful, over-crowded, romantic, dirty, exciting, picturesque, colorful, graffiti-covered, noisy, ancient and modern, crude and refined, polished and raw -- intensely alive. A first-time visitor, as I was in 2006, is nearly overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of stimulation - visual, aural, historical, cultural, gustatorial, the list goes on.
”Everyone soon or late comes round by Rome.”
- Robert Browning
“All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.”
- Tacitus
“All roads lead to Rome”
- Proverb
What can you say about Rome that hasn’t already been said? |
