593> Sauntering San Saba R.XXI. | |||
Looks bigger than she actually is, a good chunk occupied by the baths of Caracalla + private/unnaccounted for swaths of green space (like the "Sepulcher of the Scipioni").
The bedder-½ of Sound Furies sits at a desk at FAO by day, whens she aint singing or roaming rioni. The bldg was bilt in fatshits time of Moosilini to house the ministry of "Italian Africa"... until a few years later when she was repurposed by the UN to house FAO. The obelisk of Axum that the fatshits looted from Ethiopia used to sit outside FAO. The Italians agreed to return it in 1947, but it took them more than 50 yrs to do so cuz of "technical difficulties" (tho they had no problem quickly stealing + transporting it from Ethiopia) + when they did finally return it in 2002, it arrived broken in 3 pieces. Typical Italian maneuver. In it's place, the Italians put a 9/11 memorial, 2 teenie columns that resemble Spinal Tap's stonehenge more than WTC. It sits in in the middle of a busy intersexion (if u want to read the plaque u risk gitting hit by cars or trams), typically engulfed by garbage + overgrown weeds. Not sure what Rome had to do w/ 9/11 anyway. They also named a nearby street vaguely for all "victims of terrorism." Being that it's right in front of FAO you'd think they'd at least name the street for victims of hunger? The Palestinian embassy is strategically located on Victims of Terrorism Ave, even tho Italy doesn't recognize Palestine + the UN didn't either until a month ago. It's been heavily guarded for as long as we can remember, when we run past we always have to cross to the other side. Perhaps they will sum day rename the street for pedestrians dat died X-ing the road to avoid the machine-gun wielding counter-terrorism soldiers w/ goofie elf-hats blocking the sidewalk. Further up the road past the running track are the baths of Caracalla, which we edmit we didn't visit on this giro, but we have a few times before, or seen opera w/ them as a backdrop. The wall museum is also in San Saba... again, we din't visit it on this outing but have before. The desolate areas near the wall + behind the baths of Caracalla are also notorious hotspots for ladies of the night, even in the middle of the day you'll find them in shorts + high heels selling their wares on the side of the road. Foodwise we ate at Queen Makeda, like eating dishes sourced from Trader Joes, washed down w/ craft beers, which for Rome is a rare comforting treat. We had nasi goreng, fish tacos + tuna poke, w/ a local sour ale. We've also been to that place (Villeta) owned by that Roma soccer player (Totti), just last week we had a disappointing experience there. And we've been to most of the other joints along viale Aventino, or at least our bedder-½ has for lunch or after-work apperetivos. |
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