Sunday, January 1, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Auguri!!!  Happy New Year! Buon Capodanno!

I just got back from my travels to the center of Rome to celebrate the New Year holiday!  Tonight I went to Piazza del Popolo first and then traveled to Piazza di Spagna where the infamous Spanish Steps are located.  There was a buzz in the air, and no, it wasn't my ears ringing from all the "larger than M80's" firecrackers going off everywhere.  And I mean everywhere. It was the buzz of excitement from thousands of people gathered together.




  • Huge booms
  • Plenty of unorganized fireworks displays brought in by random people
  • One stretcher containing and injured person being hauled away by an ambulance crew
  • Lots of bubbly being drunk straight from the bottle
  • Lots of bubbly vendors asking 10 Euro starting price initially for a bottle I could buy in the market for 2 Euro
  • Plenty of empty bottles being thrown as far into the center of the empty space as if it were a game to who's bottle could shatter the most.  
All of this could be seen, if you're tall enough, on New Years Eve in Rome!

Thankfully, I'm pretty tall so here's a taste of Rome for you all.

Ciao and a here's to a wonderful 2012 to all of you!

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