[Glory Box]

Another report of my recent, usual walk in Rome-- Apparently in this period terrorism is spreading around the world in place of the usual flu, the FBI is saying that Rome will be targeted in the next days, personally I couldn't care less, I'll keep wearing my scarf rather than fear (as for umbrellas, the exterior decor supplies them)!( Under the cut for my random walks that led me to the Ghetto, Saint Peter's, checking out recently restored fountains, eating stuff and freezing up! )

Later in the evening I attended an interesting conference led by my friends Antonio and (newly-acquired XD) Francesca:( Under the cut for the report on this interesting introduction on Japanese gardens! )

And well, this is all for now, see you later!

I mean, something new XD

First of all, pimping two new articles over my Rome's blog.
This time I delivered promptly, so you can read something cool and detailed already ;D Here are the direct links to the posts dedicated to an exhibition at Quirinal palace and the report of the Railway Museum of Porta San Paolo :D

( Under the cut for the rest :D )

--And, well, that's all for today!

..Yesterday I went to another walk around Rome XD
Sorry if I don't post anymore gay porn and the like T_T

Going back to the subject of this post, an interesting bit was that Piazza Venezia was a pedestrian area! OOOH, it was great! The whole Via dei Fori Imperiali and the square, free from the Roman traffic∼
We had to thank some demostration pro-Palestine... The whole place was packed with police, but honestly, it was a blessing.

( Anyway, under the cut for some food spam and a bit of baroque! )

--And well, this is all, I'm going to watch my new episode of The Paradise now *_*
^{BBC is the best. Fullstop.}

Oh, Divi Princeps∼!
It's been lovely to spend the night with you∼
Even if you ditched me at the end D:

Yesterday I managed to organize myself with work and public transportations, so I enjoyed myself some of the events of this year to celebrate the 2000 years from Augustus' death.
^{When I say "Augustus" I mean the first Emperor of Rome-- Just saying XD}

First, a concert in Latin on music from the Reinassance, following the tradition of Humanism and its love for classics∼
The authors were Tyrtarion, the "didactic orchestra" of Vivarium Novo, an Academy dedicated to the study of Latin, Greek and all their implications.
I took a video of the intro to the concert, a hymn to Venus by Lucretius. --Please, enjoy my efforts XD The place was crowded, and the best places were reserved for the "authorities" ;_;

The concert ended around 9 pm, after it I went to take a peek to the Ara Pacis.
On certain nights (yesterday was one) it's "lit up with colours" to show its (hypothetical) original look.
In fact, the monuments of Ancient Rome were mostly painted, not as white as we see them now.
As the ticket for this monument is kinda expensive and I visited it already recently, I limited myself to peek from the outside.
Fortunately the "showcase" designed by mister Meier lets the monument being perfectly visible even from the outside.

I found a promotional video on Youtube, you can see better details of the colours and statues here ^^

I had lunch at a McDonald's (how sad x'D) around there-- It was another fulfilling experience, 'cause I managed to finally try that damn pasta salad that they do on summer!
The sauce was made with cherry tomatoes, olives and peppers. It was pretty decent.
Together with it I ordered some mini panzerotti, they were delicious ;o; ! It's the kind of crap that I can easily get addicted to T_T; !! --I EVEN GOT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SOLD IN A BOX WITH OTHER SIMILAR SNACKS!!!! I WANT THAT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE AT AAAALL!!!!

*coughs*
So, all the ingredients were there to grant me a special evening but-- I couldn't manage to reserve a ticket for the show on the Imperial Forum of Augustus ;_;
Basically, it's a documentary about Augustus and his times, projected on a (huge) wall of the site.
--As I couldn't enjoy the show, I just stood there looking at the projections for a bit, then I got home ;_;
To give you an idea (that surely you won't get from my shitty picture XD)I found another promotional video of the event, you can watch it here :D

Yesterday it was possible to access the Statal Museums for free in Rome :D
I profitted to take a walk around glorious ruins in a homage to Augustus Imperator∼
You know that the mont of "August" is named after him, right..?

This post is an excuse to share with you some bits of my tour for yesterday, where I took informations for my posts on Roma a Mozzichi e Bocconi-- So, ( here you go with some pics and a mini-report ^o^ )

And that's all for today, I hope that you found this walk around ancient Rome entertaining ^o^/

Today I managed to attend a conference dedicated to the world of yokai and Japanese monsters/supernatural issues!
The conference introduced the book of this young Italian scholar, Marta Fanasca, dedicated to the symbology and sociology behind the development of Japanese "unknown". It's incredible how much one can learn about a civilization by taking into consideration its folklore!
Here's a picture of the author and her book, and the two professors of Oriental Studies of "Sapienza" University, that followed Marta through her academic career and were there to give their contribution to the discussion (it mostly ended with the professor of Japanese and Chinese literature talking about his adventures with ghosts in his childhood LOL).

The location for the conference was the garden of the restaurant/gallery Doozo, in Rome. It was very cute, but it was also hot and the place was filled with mosquitoes D': I had one of those smoky mosquitoes repellent burning besides me, I wasn't touched by the mosquitoes but I was almost getting intoxicated myself D': *coughs*
--The place was quite crowded! It was nice to see so much interest about the subject :D

( Under the cut for the contents of the discussion! )

All in all it was a really interesting discussion! I was pleased and motivated <3
...Now I just need to find that book so to buy it >3> !

--I finally managed to write about this XD
Please, enjoy!

--I must say that I'm really enjoying the work that I'm doing with my Rome's blog.
One may think that a blog is another excuse to plant your ass in front of the PC and do nothing, but I love how it's turning into a daily discovery of my city: and I'm not talking about the locations only, but also about the people living here.
Last time I entertained myself with Pierina of the Clinica delle Bambole, yesterday is was about Antonio of the Orti Urbani della Garbatella...

Sharing my best shots of yesterday's hanami, and of course the related article on my blog, where you can find my talk with Antonio about his karesansui garden too:





--And tomorrow ...ROMICS XD !

So, yesterday I went with my cousing to check this wonderful exhibition dedicated to Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema and his fellow Preraphaelites and Aesthetists!
The exhibition was set in the adorable Bramante's cloister, by the church of Saint Mary of Peace-- The problematic thing of the location is that it's squeezed into a lots of tiny roads so ( we got lost. )

So, yesterday, profitting of the last day of sun 'til the end of the month (the so-called "The Days of the Blackbird" are coming ;_; !!), and most importantly, profitting of the free access to a majestic exhibition in Rome dedicated to Octavianus Augustus and the periodic Japanese market, I decided to go ahead and getting myself ready for an evening trip to my favourite city ^^
( under the cut for the whole thing! )

And this is the end of a wonderful night in Rome :D
--Now I'm back to my everyday life T_T; *works on both The Groom of the Shark update and on commissions at the same time*

Aaah! Sic transit Gloria Mundi, my friends..!