MODERN ROME - A Gold Medal Winner

We were delighted to open our mail the other day and find the certificate above, informing us that Modern Rome: 4 Great Walks for the Curious Traveler had won the top place in the eLit Awards for travel guidebooks.

Of course, we think Modern Rome is equally useful in print and eBook versions, and we very much support small independent bookstores, like Almost Corner Bookshop and Anglo American in Rome.  At the same time, it's wonderful to have independent confirmation of Modern Rome's excellence, in either version.



Try one of our 4 great walks, in Garbatella, EUR, Flaminio, and Trastevere.  92 pages, 62 color photos, maps and directions, commentary.   


Information on our latest alternative guidebook to Rome, in both versions, is at right.

Dianne and Bill

Yet more updates to Rome the Second Time: Don't Leave Home Without It

What's left of the Tiber boat service; "Non Attivo" - Not active.
They could at least take down these signs.

The boats on the Tevere (Tiber) are completely defunct; don't try to book one.  We discouraged visitors from Rome from doing these cruises, and now we can somewhat happily report you can't even try.



Kino's new Bistrot

Grauco, a very particular film club in the Pigneto area of Rome, closed in 2010 after 30 years of operation.  But we're happy to report, like a phoenix from the ashes, Kino a "cineclub" sponsored by Italian film lovers, directors, and the like, has opened in its place. 

These are two of the "Updates" that are in the now 18-page Updates to Rome the Second Time.  We remind our loyal readers that you can access these Updates through the link to the right of the blog, but also via this link:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/34815572/UPDATES-to-Rome-the-Second-Time.  Readers of an eBook version can click directly on "Update" anywhere it appears in the eBook.  For the paperback readers, we strongly recommend you download or printout the Updates before you start on any of the itineraries.

Buon visite!  Dianne

Once Grauco, now Kino theater space

Rome the Second Time Refreshed

We just updated critical chapters of Rome the Second Time, including the chapters on food and drink.  Because entertainment venues change so frequently in Rome, one really can't ever rely on one being open  - or closed.  But we brought you as up to date as possible.  The link to the Updates is at right of the blogsite.  Originally the Updates were designed for the ebook versions of Rome the Second Time, which has over 100 hyperlinks.  But it's equally useful for the paperback users as well.

To give you a taste of the ebook versions, we provided a Google overlay of one of the book maps that appears in those versions.  This example is from Itinerary 9:  Monte Mario (from Chapter 4: "Getting Away Inside Rome").

Above, me trying to read maps - so we know how hard it is and we've tried to make it easier. 

Dianne