Rome wasn t built in a day

Originally published at supple.co.uk . You can comment here or there . We’ve given the go-ahead for a complete gutting of our garden. I often find that there are so many jobs that need doing, that all cost a fair bit of money - then it’s easy to err and umm deciding what to do first and generally spend so much time planning and budgeting that nothing gets done. So we have the best quote thus far from a reliable chap who will: 1) Clear all the crap in our garden (old drainpipes, knackered... read more

Final installment today and sorry for the delay but I'm back at work and had a lot to do. Good Friday dawned bright and hot contrary to CNN's cloudy forecast and it certainly brought out the tour groups. As a result any hope of getting into the Sistine chapel and St Peter's basilica had to be aborted as the queues were just too long. So off to the Castell Sant'Angelo after a flurry of shopping on the stalls outside thw Vatican walls. I got three tee shirts at 5 euros each of the Colosseum, the...

DISCLAIMER: yes i realize that going to a foriegn country where i know nobody and dont speak the language was probably a bad idea. i was scared out of my mind pretty much the entire time that something was going to happen (but the things you are afraid of are the most worthwhile). since i was by myself i had tons of time to stop and write about what was going on. i tried to leave out the petty details nobody wants to hear about, but its still a super long entry. 6 pages single spaced in word. i...

Hi everyone! We have been so busy in Rome these last two days that we thought we better update the blog before we forget everything we have done. We arrived on Friday afternoon in a very hot and humid Rome - our hostel was about 1km from the station, so we were absolutely dying of heat when we eventually got here! Anyway, our hostel is cute and very Italian - once we settled in, we set off to explore Rome. Rob wanted to go and see Renzo Piano's Parco della Musica, which is a theater complex. He was...

Title: When in Rome Author: rhipowered Fandom: Doctor Who (with bits and pieces of Torchwood) Pairing: Martha/Sarah Jane Rating: PG Disclaimer: No profit. Though I wouldn’t mind working for the Beeb. Spoilers: Through 03x13, ‘The Last of the Time Lords’. Summary: There’s a beauty in aftermath, and in sweeping up the dust; the story’s been told before. Author’s Notes: For livii in the dw_femslash ficathon. Thanks to echochaser9 for the onceover...

For me, this autumn has been all about running around at different conferences and seminars around the world. I’m not complaining, though – it’s always nice to meet interesting new people and engage in valuable conversations, not to mention the possibility to visit countries I’ve never been to. As winter comes, it seems that most of the bigger conferences and seminars are over. I’m returning now from my last major one this year, the Roma Film Fest held – obviously – in Rome. I’ve got...