Contributed by Mark Leslie
"Travel and Food Experiences in Italy~ their influences on my American life, plus photos and recipes, too!" by Mark Leslie, author "Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family"
Looking for a great place to stay in Rome?
Every year I have the great good fortune to travel to Italy, which means a stay in Rome is inevitable. Rome, like any major metropolatin city, is bustling with activity 24/7; however, there is something unique about the Eternal City--as the name implies.
New York City and London are youthful and glitzy with their Times Square and Piccadilly Circus. Paris has a sophistication about itself with the Eiffel Tower rising up from the river's banks. Rome is ancient. The most contemporary parts of the center of Rome seem to be pre-modern, dating from a time before the turn of the 20th century. Around every corner of a Roman street appears a reminder of the ancient world. Rome is old~ Christ walked here. The "Scala Santa" is here...the steps that Christ climbed when he appeared before Pontius Pilate. (In case you don't know or think that I am mistaken: Christ did NOT actually walk in Rome. The supposed steps that Jesus climbed when going to see Pontius Pilate were moved from Pilate's Jerusalem palace to Rome in the 4th century by St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great.) There is the Pantheon, the Colosseum, St. Peter's, the Trevi Fountain, the Villa Borghese, and the list goes on and on of incredible sights to see. Rome is a wonderful blend of old and new, ancient and modern.
Here is information about a great apartment to stay while in Rome. The landlord is very gracious and the apartment is tucked just far enough off the beaten path to allow you to feel like you are living life as a Roman and not a tourist. It is the only way to experience La Dolce Vita~ the sweet life!
Info from the apartment's website:
The apartment, providing accommodation for five people, consists of: entry hall, master double bedded room with balcony, large living room with kitchenette and double bedded and single bedded couches, bathroom with shower. It’ s provided with: air conditioning, satellite colour TV, ADSL internet, hair dryer, Fully equipped kitchenette. Parking available on request. Close to St. Peter’s and the Vatican Museums there is the hall of residence “Reginella”: an indipendent apartment, conveniently located in central area Prati. The apartment is elegant and confortable; well suited for working as well as tourist stays . It’s within walking distance from St. Peter’s and the Vatican Museum and well linked with all the main tourist attractions, shopping areas ,archeological cites of the City.
Contributed by Mark Leslie
Mark Leslie works in professional theatre as a stage manager and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Currently he is busy working with Gemelli Press on his first book "Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family." http://beyondthepasta.com
Every year, Mark vacations in Italy and lives to eat his way through every plate of pasta and cone of gelato placed before him. In 2005, he had the good fortune to live for a month in Viterbo, Italy with the Stefani family. There he took cooking lessons from Nonna, the grandmother of the family, and Italian language lessons from Alessandra, the mother. That experience is the basis of his first book "Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language, & Life with an Italian Family." SEE DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK: http://mark-leslie.net/we-have-a-publisher
THEATRICAL CREDITS:
Mark is in Winona, MN working on GRSF's production of COMEDY OF ERRORS. Recently, he wrapped up LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and AIDA for Opera Birmingham in Alabama. Last September, he stage managed CABARET at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head, SC. He also worked at the Arts Center in 2005 on its production of Evita. This past summer, he worked in Minnesota on Great River Shakespeare Festival’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Over the past 22 years, Mark’s regional theatre credits include: Denver Center Theatre Company (White Christmas, Noises Off, and a reading of a new adaption of The Unsinkable Molly Brown directed by Kathleen Marshall and authored by Dick Scanlon), Alabama Shakespeare Festival (resident stage manager on over 65 productions), Actors’ Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival (D. Boone by Marsha Norman), Arizona Theatre Company (Amadeus, Loot, and Ain’t Misbehavin’ directed by Arthur Faria), and Maine State Music Theatre (Phantom, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, La Cages Aux Folles, and the world premiere of Chamberlain).
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