Rome: Out 'n' About

After the jump: photos from the Jewish ghetto, Trastevere, and Testaccio from my various wanderings over the course of my week in Rome. V. excellent neighborhood life, would visit again. Up tomorrow AT THE EARLIEST: a jump to Spello, basically the polar opposite of Rome in terms of Things We Think of as Italian!

Til then... some pictures and whatnot!

Trastevere! I think by night this hood is usually relatively glossed-over for dinner/nightlife, but if you go during the day you still get a little sense of the neighborhood as it (perhaps??) exists without (as many) tourists to look at it.

Ahhh Testaccio. My home for the week and my favorite neighborhood by far. I have so many recommendations for Testaccio you guys.

THIS CAT WAS GREAT AND SOMEBODY IN THIS MUSIC SHOP WAS PLAYING THE BASSOON!!

As I have moved on from Rome I've realized street art isn't just a Rome thing. It's kind of fantastic throughout what pieces of Italy I've seen! Hooray for THAT!

The Protestant cemetery (where Shelley and other notables are buried).

Sculpture behind bars (metal behind metal?) in the Ghetto.

Mo' street art, this on the piazza that (as you may recall from the Rome video I posted a little ways back) had a free movie series going for the summer. The night I wandered in they were showing Raging Bull! PRO TIP: Raging Bull dubbed into Italian works super well.

ANTHEM AND LOGO FOR MY LIFE.