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janiedean · 2 years

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Hi Lavi! I’ve just arrived in Rome for a 3 month stay! First time here so I was hoping for some local advice on things to do/see/eat :) any tips will be appreciated! P.S the ask function on the web version seems to be broken :/

hello anon! first of all sorry for replying so late yesterday I got home at like eleven something and I conked out X_X and thanks for the heads up wrt the ask, it's weird because on my web it works but I'll do a double check

that said WELCOME TO ROME I HOPE YOU DON'T END UP LOATHING YOUR STAY THANKS TO HORRID PUBLIC TRANSPORT, that said let me check because I think I had a tag exactly for stuff to do/see in rome let me see if I can give you a round up

eating advice

basic italian + advice on where to go

anyway I realized half of the posts in that tag are in italian so I'll just go at it again at random (and if you ever need advice or anything feel free to ask :D)

if you're here for three months you can take it easy and see all the stuff I mentioned in the second post with all the time in the world, also the vatican museums are free on the last sunday of the month so if you want to wake up early and brave the crowd you can save a bunch of money ;)

that said in between than the usuals - the center with coliseum/roman forum/trevi fountain/piazza del popolo/piazza venezia/campo dei fiori/piazza navona route - there's the free caravaggio paintings in the churches that I always recommend seeing asap - two are in santa maria del popolo (in piazza del popolo), three are in san luigi dei francesi (behind piazza navona), one is in sant'agostino (also near piazza navona)

also going by sculptors not counting of course sant'agnese in piazza navona (borromini) with the bernini fountain in front of it, there's san carlo alle quattro fontane (borromini) which has weird opening times but it's 100% worth visiting - that one is nearer termini station at the quattro fontane street crossing, and on the way there's also santa maria della vittoria near termini where not many ppl know there's bernini's ecstasy of st. theresa (idk every time I bring people there without telling them what it is they all go !!! omg !! XD)

always talking churches, ofc you're gonna visit st. peter's at some point (count that after covid they made it kind of harder to go in so get ready to queue), concerning basilicas I'm more partial to st. paul (there's a convenient metro station thankfully), santa maria maggiore (behind termini station) and san giovanni (there's a metro station), and in the san giovanni area (which is like in the middle of termini/coliseum) there's also san clemente which has protochristian catacombs and tunnels and is very cool to visit

talking about protochristian basilicas, sant'agnese and santa costanza are a bit out of the way but they're the earliest we have and very much worth visiting

musei capitolini are a must for archeological stuff and the roman museum next to termini is a must for ancient rome (there's also the terme di diocleziano in front of termini which are also cool)

for less commonly visited museums, centrale montemartini is v. cool because it's a former factory that houses roman artifacts

always close to termini there's rione monti which has santa prassede (lovely church with ancient mosaics) and a lot of second-hand shops/nice places to eat/have brunch

if you're interested in anthropology there's the museums in the EUR neighborhood which have a lot of cool stuff tho idk if they're still open because they were doing a renovation a while ago honestly I have no idea

when it comes to eating/going out etc go to san lorenzo for cheap drinks and nice food, it also has a lot of local flavor™ and it has my favorite surviving record shop in this city lmao

trastevere is also a must-go tho it's very gentrified these days but also very good food/drinks/brunch options, the church in the main square is a great visit and I think it's one of the few medieval-ish ones we have before baroque took hold and it's still v. good to eat, I think I mentioned a few places in the first post

idt I mentioned mr 100 tiramisù near piazza navona until now so I'll do it now because it has the best tiramisù and you can have it in 100 different variants ;)

campo dei fiori is also top notch for drinks and food also it's my favorite place in this city and camping under giordano bruno's statue is <3, also there's an independent bookshop nearby named fahrenheit 451 where you can look at a copy of said book bradbury gifted the owner and has a nice selection of stuff, they also have an english section that's not that extra but they're nice to visit

there used to be the angloamerican bookshop too for english stuff which used to be larger now they moved in a smaller place but it's still a thing, their prices are what they are but what can you do, otherwise there's some nice used english bookshops in trastevere I think in via della lungaretta but anyway if you walk through the place you'll find them fairly soon

at the piramide metro stop you'll find other than the eponymous pyramid the not-catholic cemetery which is imvho a lovely place to visit there's keats and shelley being buried there and a bunch of other famous people (italians mostly) but yeah I like going there X°D

in that spirit, right under the spanish steps there's the keats/shelley house museum dedicated to the aforementioned poets as it's the house where keats died and I haven't been in ages but it was a v good visit

in that spirit, remember to visit villa borghese AND to go to the galleria borghese museum aka one of the most important we have with prompt reminder that you need to book in advance and you only have two hours to visit so you need to time it right

in that spirit also check out the barberini musem (more caravaggio and other painters)

that said your museum priority should be the vaticans but again you have three months to see them so ;)

also go to san pietro in vincoli for michelangelo sculptures ;)

also I think I said it in one of prev. posts but for coffee go to sant'eustachio near piazza argentina it's the best

also I don't remember if I said it in the eating advice post but be kind to yourself go to the jewish quarter (always near campo dei fiori/piazza argentina) in via portico di ottavia, pick a restaurant (my favorite is the full-kosher ba ghetto it's at the beginning of the street) and try roman jewish food because it's heavenly and for the love of yourself even if you don't usually like artichokes do get jewish artichokes you'll thank me for that but again all of them are good I just think BG is superior

also in the same street if you go before 2pm there's a homerun pastry shop at the left corner of the street (it doesn't have a name but there's queues outside) where they make jewish sweets until they run out and they have excellent dark cherry pie which is to die for (in alternative there's another bakery just round the corner which has a more modern look/feel which is also great)

if you're here three months you're probably here for hannukkah and you should probably visit it then too they make special food and they have like events and such

do not ever eat in places where they give you the standard menu ie pizza/pasta + coffee + drink especially in the center that stuff is tourist trap and the food sucks you won't spend much more if you go to a normal restaurant unless it's extra fancy and you get like one dish and not two and it'll be way better

do not go up on the st. peter's dome it's a longass line and you pay and the view is meh, go to the gianicolo hill or the pincio terrace in villa borghese and your view will be better and 100% free

the public transport sucks ass like it does so expect the buses to pass whenever they like and the metros to work just if it's the A line, anyway I'd advise you to get a monthly ticket thrice so you can take buses/trains/metro/tram within the city and to download citymapper which is the most reliable app for all of the public transport here in my experience (there's probus roma as well but citymapper is more accurate as far as I've seen), also if you download one named mycicero you can buy tickets through it and have them on your phone all the time if you'd rather not get the piece of paper or go through the hassle of getting the plastic card

only take taxis if you're ready to pay a lot for it

also now that I think about it

if you wanna take a detour one day go to tivoli to see villa adriana it's amazing

you can go to castel gandolfo for the pope's summer residence which I think is now open to the public but I could be wrong

if you take the infamous train to ostia from piramide station you can go to ostia antica which is an archeological park with great roman ruins, that is if you survive the trip /s sorry that train just generally sucks but if you take it that one time it's okay XD

near the vatican there's a great japanese pastry shop named hiromi cake which if you're into that kinda sweet you might want to visit

if you shop at supermarkets todis is the most convenient, carrefour is the most pricey, coop is like most economical-but-good in between non-discounts and conad is midway, naturasi is for like natural stuff/bio things and it's pricey af (IK YOU DIDN'T ASK THAT BUT I FIND SUPERMARKET ADVICE GENERALLY USEFUL SO XD)

if you need a doctor it's free, idk how it works for foreigners staying long but in case you might need one and you aren't sorted out on that yet ask for the nearest guardia medica and they'll sort you out if you're outside, if you're at home get someone to call them and they'll arrive at your house (if you go to the hospital you might have to pay a fee but it's usually 20 euros for everything)

... okay I think I exhausted myself but if you want more info or need help or whatnot feel free to either send another ask or dm me using a throwaway if you don't want to deanon, enjoy your stay!!! <3

#anonymous #ask post #welcome to rome #sorry this is so late #i managed to wrap it up after hOURS rip

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weirdly-specific-but-ok · 4 months

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Because the bedsheet ask was so random, I have another random ask…

When you wash cups, do you let them air dry or dry them with a towel…

How did 2024 get me to this point?

Now, listen up, maggots. Picture this:

There you are, posed in front of the sink (no dishwashers please, I'm too broke to know how dishwashers work, I've only read about them in Drarry fanfics). You stand there, and wipe the sweat from your forehead with the back of your hand.

Your cup, that you drank tea from but it was actually spiked with alcohol because your third cousin gossiped about your sister's husband to her mother-in-law and you're the go-between, is in your hand. You have just washed it.

The drops of water glisten in the noon sun. You wonder, briefly, why adulthood has you drinking before 1 pm. Then you brush that thought away like you did your sweat. Some things are best ignored.

What is important is the cup. You look at it, so wet and glistening and ready for you, and you wonder how to do it justice. Should you take the towel and gently rub it until it's dry and clean? Surely you should! You look around for the towel.

There hangs the towel, on the hook by the sink. It is coarse, and off-white, like eggified precome. Have you been reading too much fanfiction? No. Anyway, you reach for the towel, but pause midway.

The towel has been hanging there, moist from the last rubbing, fermented with bacteria and protozoans that yearn to feel its wetness and consume it. The fungi have not arrived yet, you take care to wash the towel enough for that. Or do you?

You hesitate, you do not remember the last time you washed the towel. Aftercare is a lost art, fading away like handweaving and ironworking and the knowledge that crumbled in Alexandria.

You look down at your darling cup, cradling so trustingly in the palm of your hand, still wet but not so much anymore, warming in the sunlight.

No, you decide. You will not sully your cup. You lay it aside to airdry, and cast one lingering glance at it before walking away.

The towel still remains on the hook, hanged for its crimes, left to its fate. Always to clean, never to be cleaned.

You have made the right choice. The cup will be pristine. The towel wilts in the noon sun, before hardening like plaster. A statue, a work of permanence, the mortification of the filth in flesh that the first ascetic Christians who settled in Ancient Rome preached.

All is well.

#good omens mascot #weirdly specific but ok #asmi #maggots #shitposting #dishwasher #washing dishes #uh #dishposting?#shitpost #I welcome all these random asks #the consequences of what you ask however #must be faced by you #ancient rome #the last period in history that i have any general awareness about #and even that is piss poor #but every time i forget to shower i tell my mum it is in the name of our lord and saviour and i must mortify my dirty flesh #no i'm not even christian #i just like finding excuses for my laziness

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earlgrey24 · 2 months

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First date tip: It's never a bad idea to use poetry to set the mood!

That's why you should immediately pull out your copy of Catullus, start reading Attis, and try to gauge your date's reaction.

#catullus #attis #catullus 63 #you're welcome btw #this will work especially well for cishet guys #saves time I guess #roman republic #ancient rome #roman memes #classics #latin #tagamemnon #classical studies #this is gonna be another one of my flop posts isn't it #oh well

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augustus-hater · 3 months

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Me if I was Julius Caesar : Ouch I can't believe that I got stabbed in the groin 90 times.

The joke is that people said that Brutus stabbed Caesar in the groin because Caesar slept with his mother and I sleep with people's mothers all the time so I would get stabbed in the groin a lot.

#youre welcome for the explanation #ides of march #julius caesar #ancient rome #beware the ides of march

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rainbowgod666 · 4 months

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Dawg, i am serious. This is the same strain that convinced the nazis to attack the soviets during winter and while they had an alliance between them. This is the same kinda purp that made mordecai and rigby actually do their job for once. This is the shit that made the world realize that the palestinian genocide has been going on for 75 years. Shit so loud you will speak perfect latin the instant you get to Rome. Smoke this and you will know what was in metavault DHIYED before it collapsed. This is laced with enough forma and nitain to give you an internship to Digital Extremes. My sweet summer child i cannot stress enough how this is the kinda loud that will allow you to do some @nyancrimew tier hacking by simply shoving the router up your ass

Monika: that is a white chocolate offbrand italian granola bar. What the fuck are you on about

...

This is the same kush that turned King Astolfo of the Longobards into a cute anime girl-

Monika: (becomes Fully Charged* and grabs Longinus**) ALRIGHT. YOU ARE GOING TO STOP THIS NONSENSE RIGHT THE FUCK NO

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criminalskies · 9 months

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Listening to nothing breaks like a heart by Miley Cyrus and im instantly thinking about my boi hotch🥺

Baby DO NOT those are dangerous waters to tread 😩but ahhhhhhhhh that one hurts because his heart is so fucking big he just has sm love for so many people and yet he gets nada in return 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 oughhhghghghfhf also Miley Cyrus my beloved. 😭

I could fill a book with songs that I can cry about Aaron hotchner to, and it still wouldn’t be enough 😔

#rome’s wonderful moots! <3 #the kindhearted kreepja!#welcome sweetheart!#rome’s got mail!#aaron hotchner #cm

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bundrops-n-fluffytops · 1 year

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Had a dream last night where people were warning others to stay away from the Welcome Home website when it was updated bc the characters had their own separate pages now, and Eddie’s only showed a sketch of Eddie’s torso cut open and him holding what’s inside (it’s not pretty)

The website itself looked completely different too, it was a pale green with brown text, a lot more boring than it was before

I also checked out Howdy’s separate page and it was apparently still in development, so it would show Howdy in a construction outfit and a caption underneath that stated that it was still in development

What’s funny about that is that it would change every time you left and returned to the page, whether it be the pronouns (changes between him, her, and them) or the language itself (it repeated in Spanish)

Funky dream, huh

#My dreams are weird asf #wouldn’t be surprised if this was a reality but uhhh #yknow #when in rome #welcome home arg #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #gummunity posts

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bestillmyslashyheart · 1 year

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Post Spartacus Sequel (or the very last scene of the sequel, I'm not picky)

Once you've crossed the Rhine into the free lands to the east, there is still a great deal of forest to journey through before you can rest. In the first valley, the first breath of true freedom, there is a small village and a large goat farm. The farm is situated on the western most edge of the village, the first thing visitors must pass. It is run by two men, one with a brand on his arm and hands scarred by Rome and the other from lands too far away. They greet all new travelers for anyone who approaches them from the west comes from Rome. For any Roman who finds their way to them, they are greeted with a swift end. For those fleeing Rome's might, they are greeted with warm smiles and rough Latin assuring them "you are safe. Rome has no place here."

#Spartacus #nagron #goat farm #ive been thinking about what I want from the newly announced sequel and ive decided i dont want nagron #at least not until the very end #bc I want them free from rome #and if the show is set in rome that means they can't be in it #but if the show still follows escaping slaves then they can be in at the end #to welcome others who escape romes grasp

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