***This was taken from my journal from my vacation back in October.....more than a month ago already!!
October 22, 2006 701PM
Ciao Ciao!!
Just got back into my hotel and am getting ready to call my family from here and my cousins from yesterday....I have had a really nice day here in Roma!
Got into town, went to Via Del Curso ~ my favorite street here, then took it down to Piazza Venezia.....looks kind of like an Italian Version of THE WHITE HOUSE.
Then did a bit more shopping on Via Del Curso ~ it runs straight into PV, spotted another model photo shoot...and this model looked familiar....she was very tall, wearing a poofy dress/skirt (?) and was of course, very thing. The American photog, was coaching her and telling her to jump into the street, he would say, "Jump" and she had to look like she was having fun...it was fun to watch, alot of people seemed to stop for a minute or at least "double take".....
Then came back to my hotel, rested....oh, and on my walk went down to Piazza Del Popolo, Piazza of the People, and it looked the "The Departed" ~ is that what it’s called with Leonardo DiCaprio, that just came out....well in PDP, they had the structures from large tents that they had up, and also, a really large, poster-like picture of the movie advertisement....yesterday, when I was with my cousins in Lucca, they had mentioned that Leonardo had been in Italy, I believe Roma? So anyway, I think he was there yesterday or Friday....also, had a coffee and breakfast at a cafe called "Metropolitan" which I believe is part of the movie theater right next door, so maybe, just maybe, he went there for the premier. I wonder how many times the actors have to see their films ~ at premiers?
Then came back to the hotel, took about a one and half hour nap, got up, took a few photos in my room (uh, ummmm lol) and then took off to Castel San Angelo first, then walked the bridge, taking photos (the bridge leads directly over it and crosses the Tiber River) of each statue on it, then ended up in Campo Di Fiori, which I had been there a few years back, so knew that I was in it, took a pic of the fountain there ~ I believe that it’s in an Audrey Hepburn movie or Cary Grant (but not sure!!).....then went to Piazza Navona, my favorite, for an early dinner and some red wine. It was packed, took lots of photos, there was alot of entertainment going on in the piazza and then tried to relax.
Then, headed on a walk~a~thon, all over, passing S. Agostino Church, where the resurrection, I believe, took place or something like that (?), then headed up to The Spanish Steps, passed a few American Stores and big name Italian ones (they’re all around The Spanish Steps), took lots of pictures, then walked down Della Croce, (which was referenced in "Talented Mr. Ripley"), then ended up on Del Curso again, for an ice cream cone.
Now by this time, my tootsies were tired, even in my Nike’s......so decided to hang out there a bit, sitting and watching the world go by.....and then eventually made it back here.
Ok, enough said.....lol
Tomorrow morning the driver is picking me up at 515AM and I have a wake~up call at 435AM...hopefully it all goes as planned.....and then I will be on my return trip home...how exciting (!!)...I’m headed to London Heathrow Airport on my way back to LAX....then Papa has the shuttle picking me up, bringing me to his house, then I suppose he’s bringing me home.....? I hear that my bmw is home, so he must have returned it....thought he still had it and I’d take that....but whatever works.
Going to try to download some photos before I make my calls...from today. Night!!
