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BY Nancy Mueller 5 Comments ON April 20, 2013

R is for Rome

Inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s award-winning role in Roman Holiday and her love affair with “The Eternal City,” I can think of 5 great reasons to add Rome to my travel bucket list:

1) Visit Castel Sant’ Angelo to pay my respects to Puccini’s heroine,Tosca, who threw herself off the parapet after discovering her lover Cavaradossi has been killed.

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Photo courtesy of  edwin.11 – flickr

2) Throw a coin over my left shoulder with my back to the Trevi Fountain to ensure good fortune and a return visit.

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Photo courtesy of Dark Rome Tours and Walks – flickr

3) Enjoy the Rome cafe scene.

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Photo courtesy of peuplier – flickr

4) Consume Italian cuisine from pasta to gelato.

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Photo courtesy of avlxyz – flickr

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Photo courtesy of Roller Coaster Philosophy – flickr

5) Hear Italian spoken by the locals.

How would you like to spend your time in Rome, wanderboomers?

 

Filed Under: Activities, Baby Boomers and Travel, By Land, By Ship & By Sea, Destinations, Europe, Rome, Travel Experiences Tagged With: Audrey Hepburn, gelato, Michelangelo, opera, opera house, pasta, Pieta, Roman Holiday, Rome, The Eternal City, Trevi Fountain

BY Nancy Mueller 30 Comments ON November 4, 2011

3 Easy Ways to Keep Wanderlust Alive

How do restless wanderers fuel their travel lust when not in motion? While between trips recently, here’s where you might have spotted me at home away from home:

At the Opera

Where better than the opera to get your cultural, artistic and aesthetic fix all in one place?

Just give me a passionate, happy-ever-after or heart-wrenching story of love and loss, set to sublime music sung in a foreign language.  Include an exotic location to immediately transport me from the ordinary to the extraordinary – all in one evening. For an opera like Bizet’s Carmen, there’s the double bonus of hearing the music sung in French while enjoying the ambiance of Seville.

Eating at an Ethnic Restaurant

Let’s hear it for one of the great bonuses of global diversity: the chance to savor scrumptious foods at the many available ethnic restaurants in our own backyards. Even in smaller towns across the country, there’s a good chance of finding food fare from Mexico, India or Thailand.

Noodle Delight at Thai Siam in Seattle

Much like my affinity for foreign languages, I have rarely found a foreign food that I wouldn’t give a try at least once. If I want to revisit a country like Brazil in my mind, for example, I have only to enjoy a Brazilian meal of feijoada, topped off with a caipirinha, to evoke my memories of Rio de Janeiro.

Watching a Foreign Film

It’s so easy to travel to a distant land from the comfort of our own homes, not that I recommend it as a long-term travel substitute, of course. In one weekend, I traveled Around the World in 80 Days, then off to Shanghai in the 30’s with The White Countess, and finally the desert with Lawrence of Arabia.

What about you Wanderboomers? How do you fuel your travel lust between trips? Share your stories here.

Filed Under: Activities, Baby Boomers and Travel, By Land, By Ship & By Sea, Food & Dining Tagged With: Around the Wordl in 80 Days, Bizet, Brazil, caipirinha, Carmen, ethnic restaurants, feijoada, foreign films, foreign language, French, Lawrence of Arabia, opera, Rio de Janeiro, Seattle, Seattle Opera, Seville, Thai Siam, The White Countess, travel, wanderlust

Hello fellow wanderboomers! I’m a Seattle-based travel journalist, specializing in fun travel adventures for the young at heart. My articles have been featured in Hemispheres, AAA Highroads Magazine and Northwest Travel & Life Magazine where I'm a frequent contributor. When this Wanderboomer isn’t traveling, I help global executives polish their personal and professional brand for long-term results.
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