ani and bob travels in italy via facebook
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Each
album has up to about about 60-80 some photos (inflation has increased these
numbers). we are happy to share our
travels and food experiences with you. All of our non-album FB food pic posts are collected
here. dr bob
and ms ani recipes are here. [Rome
food spots].
Summary. bob has been a
physics dept visitor at the
University of Rome every year since 1979 when he spent the entire year there
[ending in 2019].
Since 2009 Ani and bob spent most of each summer in a rented attic
apartment in a terrific
neighborhood of Rome at Piazza Crati near the large park Villa Ada, where we
patronize our neighborhood coffee bar each morning [La
Casa del Cremolato]. Ani is a regular at the nearby
Palestra Gymnasium 91.
Our annual cheesecake party photos may
interest the sweet tooth readers.
summer 2023 heat wave again
- Roman Summer 2023 one: Roma, Boves (Cuneo), Venice
post [album]
- Roman Summer 2023 two: Ferrara, Sabaudia, Roma, Orvieto
post [album]
- Roman Summer 2023 three: Trentino Dolomites: Trento and San Martina di
Castrozza
post [album]
- Roman Summer 2023 four: Bologna, Roma
post [album]
summer 2022 heat wave
summer 2021 [masked tourism]
summer 2020 cancelled by COVID!
summer 2019 [10 anniversary edition, bob's 40th anniversary of Roman life]
- Roman Summer 2019 one: Rome, Venice, Florence
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- Roman Summer 2019 two: Lebanon: Anjar, Al Shams Restaurant, Brummana, Ksara Winery
(Zahle)
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- Roman Summer 2019 three: back to Rome, Vino Forum 2019
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- Roman Summer 2019 four: Torino, Boves (Cuneo), cheesecake party north
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- Roman Summer 2019 five: Rome, Ponza, more food
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- Roman Summer 2019 six: Sabaudia Annual Cheesecake Party!
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- Roman Summer 2019 seven:
Roman holiday: Basilica San Giovanni and chapel, Maxxi Museum, Basilica S. Nicolo di Tolentino (Augustinian), tourist wandering, more food, home happy hours. Hard to select from the hundreds of cell phone pics we are taking!
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- Roman Summer 2019 eight:
San Pietro Canisio, Roma tourist sites, Orvieto, Tevere River Birthday Bash, Agropoli-Castellabate, Franca's Beach Agropoli North, Santa Maria di Castellabate, Lido di Pincio, Torchiara
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- Roman Summer 2019 nine:
Opificio, Eataly, Vatican terrace dinner,
Ariccia, Palazzo Chigi Arricia tour
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- Roman Summer 2019 ten:
Bolsena lake resort visit, Notte Bianco (White
Night) with Music in all the squares and streets!
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- Roman Summer 2019 eleven:
final days in Rome
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summer 2018 [10th summer]
June, July visit.
- Roman Summer 2018 one: Rome, Sabaudia
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- Roman Summer 2018 two: Ponza, Parmarola, Formia
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- Roman Summer 2018 three: Rome, Torino, Boves Cheesecake Party (salt!)
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[mename pugliese upscale Rome restaurant]
- Roman Summer 2018 four: Venice (Murano!)
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restaurants:
[http://www.osteriaortodeimori.com/
https://www.tripadvisor.it/Restaurant_Review-g187870-d3267185-Reviews-Caffe_la_serra-Venice_Veneto.html
https://www.facebook.com/osteria.al.cicheto/
http://www.aifrati.com/
http://www.alfarovenezia.com/]
- Roman Summer 2018 five: Back to Rome! Tourist highs.
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- Roman Summer 2018 six: Rome, Palazzo di Doria Pomphilj (tea room)
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- Roman Summer 2018 seven:
Oasis di Kufra Sabaudia 25th anniversary
dinner, Roma, MG15 at la Sapienza, Mergelina Napoli.
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- Roman Summer 2018 eight:
Napoli, old Napoli tour, 9th annual
cheesecake party (Sabaudia).
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- Roman Summer 2018 nine:
Abruzzo: Pescara lunch,
Frattura, Lago di Scanno, Scanno, Villalago, San Vito Chietino, Parco Lavino
(Torre di Passeri), Orvieto
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- Roman Summer 2018 ten:
Rome, Vatican, Castel Gandolfo, lunar eclipse,
Villa dei Quintilli, Rocco di Papa lunch, Nemi,
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- Roman Summer 2018 eleven:
Rome by night tour, food stop near Piazza
Navona, final night dinners.
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summer 2017
This summer we used our Samsung Galaxy S7 phone cameras (it has a food
setting!) for all our pics, NOT on roaming but Wifi only. Pretty good quality
for our purposes. The Samsung photo naming convention uses date and time
allowing easy merging of the two camera photos ordered in time to post together.
[We had to return early this year for a nephew's wedding, where ani got to wear
her spectacular
AbitArt dress with matching pocketbook.]
I copied the URL's from the Facebook gear symbol as suggested [https://www.facebook.com/help/124590517619792?helpref=uf_permalink]
for non-facebook users
- Roman Summer 2017 one. arrival in two stages. food heavy subjects.
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- Roman Summer 2017 two. Boves (cheesecake party!),
Roma, Napoli
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- Roman Summer 2017 three. Ponza. [Formia]
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- Roman Summer 2017 four.
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- Roman Summer 2017 five. Sabaudia 8-9th(?) annual cheesecake party.
Sunday lunch.
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summer 2016
hoping for more survivable weather! so far so good! [yes, indeed Rome treated
us well with cooling down every night]
- Roman Summer 2016 one. Boves near Cuneo, Roma, Ferrara, etc. [Sanctuary of the Regina Monti Regalis/Church of the Nativity of Mary,
largest elliptical dome in the world]; first Bove Cheesecake Party
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- Roman Summer 2016 two. Eataly, 7th Annual Cheesecake Party, etc.
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- Roman Summer 2016 three. More food and scenery. Abruzzo. [We meet
Borghi d'Abruzzo]
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bob's
Stile Benaco TripAdvisor.com review. Joe Padella.
La Zanzara.
2016 March 6 day visit to Italian friends in Holland: food and art and
travel! [1,
gouda!
2]
summer 2015 the hottest Roman summer ever it seems!
we barely survived.
- Roman Summer 2015 one. Roma.
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- Roman Summer 2015 two. Roma.
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- Roman Summer 2015 three. Roma, Abruzzo.
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- Roman Summer 2015 four. Sabaudia, 6th annual cheesecake party
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- Roman Summer 2015 five. Sabaudia, Roma
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summer 2014
- Roman Summer 2014 one. Roma. Boves! Piedmonte near Cuneo, Barolo, mountain hike
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- Roman Summer 2014 two. Armenia.
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- Roman Summer 2014 three. cheesecake party. day trip south of rome in the
mountains.
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summer 2013
- Roman Summer 2013 one. Roma.
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- Roman Summer 2013 two. Siena. Weekend visit to a famous hilltop town in
Toscana.
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- Roman Summer 2013 two B. Cheesecake party!
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- Roman Summer 2013 three. Roma. the usual stuff.
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- Roman Summer 2013 four. Roma. more of the usual stuff. 4th Annual
Cheesecake party, this time
guavaberry-lingonberry.
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recipe discovery passing through Chicago airport returning home:
beet-fennel-gorgonzola salad (rape rosse con finocchio e gorgonzola!).
summer 2012
- Roman Summer 2012 one. Roma.
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- Roman Summer 2012 two. Venice and Murano glass, masks.
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- Roman Summer 2012 three. Venice and Murano glass, masks.
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- Roman Summer 2012 four. Firenze,Ville d'Este (Tivoli), Castel Gandolfo
gardens. More food.
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Roman Summer 2012 four B. Firenze,Ville d'Este (Tivoli), Castel Gandolfo
gardens. More food. [by Nora]
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- Roman Summer 2012 five. Rome and Allegia (far corner of Lazio in the
mountains)
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- Roman Summer 2012 six: Stockholm detour.
MG13 meeting visit.
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OOPS, these last two albums somehow got lost here. September 25, 2012?
- Roman Summer 2012 seven. 3rd annual cheesecake party.
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- Roman Summer 2012 eight. arrivaderci.
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summer 2011
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Roman Summer 2011 One
Food but then every album has food. More food than normal.
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Roman Summer 2011 Two
Rome sightseeing, Abruzzo mountains
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Roman Summer 2011 Three
Escape to Orvieto, pizza party
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Roman Summer 2011 Four
Regia di Caserta! Agropoli. 2nd annual dr bob cheesecake party in Sabaudia
Recipe for
Ferragosto Farro Pesto and Crab Salad or italian flat beans with tomatoes and garlic.
summer 2010
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Roman holiday 2010.
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Rome, Terracina,Tivoli, Vatican gardens (Castel
Gandolfo), Ostia Antica, Cranberry Tiramisu
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Roman vacation 2010 part 2.
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Abruzzo, Lago di Garda (near Verona)
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Roman vacation 2010 part 3.
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Italian-French Riviera
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Roman vacation 2010 part 4: French-Italian alps
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Roman vacation 2010 part 5: ischia and puglia
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Ischia (island near Naples) and Puglia (heel of Italy)
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Roman vacation 2010 part 6: food, etc.
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near Rome, limoncello cheesecake farewell party
limoncello
cheesecake! and
cactus
fruit gelato!
even
lingonberry tiramisu! and
foglie d'ulivo
Puglia pasta finally makes it to America (Wegmans!)
summer 2009
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Roman vacation part 1:
Roman holiday begins. [Aino-Claes visit!]
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Roman vacation: Paris interlude.
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Roman vacation part 2.
Abruzzo, food..
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Roman vacation part 3: the kids: the niece and nephew visit. Florence, Padova, Venice, Sabaudia.
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Roman vacation part 4:
More kid visit. Naples, Pompei.
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