26 May '09 - 17:04 Life Is A Burden
Rome - Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore
24 May '09 - 15:11 Ambtenaar - Italian Style
Ons hotel lag tegenover het 'Ministerio dell Interno' (Binnenlandse Zaken). Deze ambtenaar was een shoot-em-up game aan het spelen, compleet met koptelefoon. Gamen en nog betaald worden ook. It's a man's job at the civil service ...
22 May '09 - 22:15 Il Papa
Back home. Trust me to visit Rome in a mini-heat-wave. 33 Degrees Celcius solid everyday. I thought I was melting. But at least the Pope had the common courtesy to show up on the day we visited the Vatican. We thought the day before Ascension Thursday would be quiet, but there you have it. Full of Catholics. I felt like being in the middle of a pop concert. "Il Papa, Il Papa .." they shouted. And to top it off, one of the choirs that was singing on the square was a Dutch Volendam-costume-and-all one ...
