Monday, March 26, 2007

Brioche and the Colosseum: Rome seen from a bar's point of view


The rite of the cappuccino in the Capital is honored at any time of the dayand night. For this reason, The Eternal City, other than being filled withchurches and monuments, is also overflowing with bars. So many that, aRoman, by adoption, has invented a tour for the discovery of the beauties ofRome from the tables of the caffè. From the Gianicolo to the outskirts ofthe city, here is how to enjoy the panorama... from the other side of thecoffee cup. The rite of the cappuccino in Rome is sacred, twenty-four a day,sevend days a week. A small creamy break, to be taken either in a wide whiteporcelain cup or in a small transparent glass, to make peace with thefrenetic rhythmn of the city or to enter into the right gear to start thedaily marathon of work. There are those who rather sip a cappuccino than awordly aperitive. It is for this motive that the Eternal City, full ofchurches, is also chock-full of bars. There is one at every corner: some aresmall and friendly, others are large as a square, long and narrow, refinedor at the outskirts, every street boasts no less than three. The choice istruly vast. Overall, for those who want to expand their gaze from theircoffee cup to the profuse beauties of Rome, perhaps sitting comofortably ata bar that have a strategically panoramic view. One who really knows thisis, is a lady of Arezzo origins and Roman by adoption, that gives the giftof stopovers for a cappuccino has dedicated the guide "Rome and my cappuccinos". The small book is of 106 pages, small, but dense, it coversthe itineraries that begin from the terraces of Rome, the Gianicolo, to thencover and extend into the outskirts of town.

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