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Veni, Vidi, Bici – Luxury Caesar Bike Tour From London to Rome

Ride & Seek's Caesar bike tour is an epic bicycle tour that will take participants "in Caesar's footsteps" from London to Rome. Cyclists will bike through southern England, across France into Champagne country, and into Switzerland before the insane, exhaustive Italy leg of the tour. Our ...

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You Now Have to Pay to See Rome’s “Mouth of Truth”

Truth is, it was bound to happen. Church officials at Santa Maria in Cosmedin, site of Rome's "Mouth of Truth" (Bocca della Verita), have decided to charge visitors €2 for the pleasure of taking one (just one!) photo with the ancient sewer cover. Visitors will still be able to enter the church, ...

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In Rome, Communing Over Coffee

In the mornings after I've sent the kids off to school and tidied up the house I go down and have my morning cappuccino. I have my pick of cafes. I can choose the one that is a stone's throw my balcony (it is so close that my home wifi signal can reach). Or I can go to the one on the corner ...

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Rome Revisited: What Has and Hasn’t Changed

Rome is changing. Rome has changed. You hear those phrases around Rome all the time these days. Crime, corruption, unemployment, immigration, unreliable public transit, trash collection, the euro – Italy is in crisis and the prevailing mood among its citizens is one of resignation and ...

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