Peter finds breakfast a hair raising experience

Maratona Di Roma

They're knocked out after 26 miles. We will be after 28 days. :)
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Porchetta at Senza Fondo!

Just eaten some of this delicious porchetta at Senza Fonda, accompanied by great live music. And thanks to Stefania Giuliani, an ATDAL40+ member who gave us a very warm welcome.
www.senzafondo.it/

Work Hard Play Hard

The Sicilian Connection -

Our Sicilian chef Marianne sources Sicilian strawberries straight from the famers driving them up to Rome

Tonights office - in the Emporio alla Pace

To continue with the weeks theme of working from cafe-bars-with-snacks, I'm working on the edit of our film from Emporio alla Pace in the centro storico. The draw here is the comfy red plush armchairs (that you cant see from this picture but I am sitting in) and the laid back atmosphere of low back ground music and you can here the action in the front bar area but still have a booksy work area back here. Now back to that edit. Wi-fi work heaven.

Aperitivi with Snacks - L'Oasi della Birra

I've now got the hang of these aperitivo buffet bars, fill a plate of tasty delights to accompany your wine. Tonights choice, L'Oasi della Birra in Aventine sets a high bar, with several small interconnecting rooms and and an outdoor tables in Piazza Testaccio. Gives such unsophisticated gourmands as I am a chance to sample dishes we would never know how to order and experience new tastes. Like a taster menu.
Life gets better.....

At the Galleria Borghese

When I asked this Mother and daughter about easy access to the Galleria, their comments were positive. When asked about Rome as an age friendly city however, they said getting around as an older person was 'difficult'.

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Thank you Giuseppe

There were mixed feelings about the Maxxi but we all agreed that Giuseppe was an incredibly helpful and patient guide. Posted by Kezban.

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Thank you Mariele

A very enjoyable tour of some of the highlights of Rome. Thank you Mariele. Posted by Kezban

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When In Rome...

...eat like a Roman!
We have been here two weeks now and are working hard.... It occurred to me that you would also be interested in what we are eating and drinking
So 
I am at the hip and happ'nin'
Freni e Frizioni (Brakes and Clutches) after the ex garage it took over).  At 7pm a grand buffet is laid out, fabulous and vegetarian.  This picture is just before 7 when they are bringing out the dishes.  The  bar is in a square overlooking the Tiber.





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Performare - present a study on 'wellness at work'

Sergio presented Performare's work with companies to improve working relationships to improve performance.

Evidence of employment benefits of life long learning for older people

Performare
Sergios presentation on of a current EU project that shows statistics on how continuing education  improves living conditions.  "Better educated people are more likely to have full time jobs, earn more, more often postpone retirement and participate in formal and non-formal learning."
Performare is working on a transnational project on informal learning.

At Galleria Borghese. When I asked the mother and daughter about ease of access to the gallery, their response was positive, However, on the question of Age Friendly Rome , they said getting around was 'difficult'

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Barbara feeling Maxxi

Barbara feeling Maxxi

...after walking round Rome's Contemporary Arts Facility

Terersa stops the traffiic, with a little help from Saint Augustine

A week in Rome: some highlights from our first week

First night pizza nerves?
On our first evening in Rome, Kez and Donald look warily at their huge pizzas, but proved equal to the task.

 














We struggled to finish the dessert

And there was the work of course, here Dario, Barbara, Kez and Margaret are standing in the courtyard after a meeting with the Performare training centre.

And some of us have even been here. This is Donald's great photograph of the Colosseum 

Post by Barbara

Halo from Rome

I must have done something saintly recently to have been offered this wonderful volunteering opportunity in Rome. It is already proving to be a great learning experience as well as letting us witness the immense beauty of the city of which the church of Santa Maria de Maggiore is just one example.
Kezban
ps The saintly figure looking over the balcony is Donald, our earthly engineer.

Lunch with Atdal 40+

Disused gasworks spark the interest of our travelling engineer

The backdrop to the ATDAL offices - a disused gasworks. Old jobs gone, where are all the new ones?

Arriving in style

Theresa arrives in style, Aeroporti di Fiumicino, Rome, 3 March 2014.

Evolve arrives in Rome

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Evolve arrives in Rome met by Walter who successfully shepherds us through the airport, March 3 2014.

We are not alone

A contact  in Rome  tells me the Tiber has broken its banks and there has been severe flooding,  so we are not alone  in this time of 'bruto tempo', (which might be the wrong description!).  They expect the levels to go down soon, but who knows,  it might become like Venice, and we will punt out way through the landscape.  A friend in the south of France also tells me her garden in like a pond and another friend on the Thames is offering her home to some of those who are flooded out.  March should be mild and springlike,  but waders might be helpful.  http://www.euronews.com/tag/floods-in-italy/
So greetings to all those who are struggling in this dreadful time of severe weather,  we are all on this planet together, that is very clear.

Memories of Rome by Annette Fry

I am finally into the blog.  A month in Rome seems a long time.  I went to Rome over 20 years ago visiting a friend and have memories of staying in Rome just outside Piazza Navona,  a low rise old block of apartments that opened onto a lovely quiet central courtyard.  Then another time in an outlying village called Monteporziocatone.  We went up into the hills and found an amazing shrine and wild horses running with their colts.  We walked for 15 miles that day with two young boys who moaned a lot, until I started them singing,  we sang for hours, and the sun shone.  Happy days,  really wondering how things have changed over the years.  The boys have grown up for a start!

A snapshot of Italy from an outsider's perspective by Faieka Esau-Wong

A presentation on Italian culture and family, and Rome as a multi-cultural capital (see link below) was written in preparation for our visit to Rome. Introduced by playing the famous Neapolitan song, O Sole Mio, composed in 1898 by Giovanni Capurro, a song which has been performed by many including Parvoretti and Elvis Presley who used the melody in his world famous, ' It's Now or Never'. See the full presentation on this link:
A snapshot of Italy

The Rome plan - some ideas of what we might do in Rome