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DOLCE DORMIRE – rest in rome

ah, rome!

the history… the food… the art… the weather… the architecture… the gelato… the fountains… the cobblestones… the (YAWN)… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

 

 

 

 

enjoying the colosseum

 

 

 

 

 

new fountain in via di ripetta

 

 

 

 

 

you read, i’ll just doze. via di ripetta

 

 

 

 

 

all together now. via di ripetta

 

 

 

 

 

soakin’ up the april sun. piazza del popolo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

broken but beautiful: rome’s ponte rotto

 

 

 

 

 

deep sleep on rome’s isola tiberina, the island on the tiber river

 

 

 

 

 

snoozing by the arco dsi costantino, rome

 

 

 

 

 

sleeping in style, piazza san silvestro, rome

 

 

 

 

 

aprile dolce dormire, we say: it is sweet to sleep in the month of april.

photographs taken in rome, in april.

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30 Comments Post a comment
  1. 04/24/2012

    haha- queste sono eccezionali.

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  2. 04/24/2012

    Maybe related to Stendhal syndrome; too much beauty causing sleepiness ?

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  3. 04/24/2012

    Love this…the way you grouped these photos + your comments :)

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  4. 04/24/2012
    oneowner

    It’s the food that does you in :-) !!!
    A very nice series. Thank you!

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  5. 04/24/2012

    Rome is the most beautiful city of the world. Those people should’t close their eyes! Congratulations for your outstanding photos.

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    • 04/24/2012

      thank you very much. your comment almost makes me feel glad to be home rather than travelling. ;)

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  6. 04/24/2012

    Very funny, great photos, I’m going to go back to bed now.

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  7. 04/24/2012

    Wow, these are really nice photographs!

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  8. 04/24/2012

    Awesome!

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  9. 04/25/2012

    Must be something about Rome that makes people feel comfortable to sleep anywhere. I like the last pic; no-one seems to mind…..Good post. Liked.

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  10. 04/25/2012
    Aaricia

    “broken but beautiful: rome’s ponte rotto” – Makes you wonder who’s more alive: the person or the building…

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    • 04/25/2012

      …or maybe the photographer? or perhaps the viewer of the photograph…?

      thank you, aaricia ;)

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  11. 04/26/2012
    Muthe

    Lovely set! Everybody’s enjoying their time. Awesome

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  12. 04/27/2012

    Great shots – like your style.

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    • 04/27/2012

      thank you, adrian, for trying to convince me that sneaking up on sleeping strangers can be done in style
      :)

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  13. 04/28/2012

    Great pics – and thanks for the like!

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  14. 05/13/2012

    Valuable website. I am happy I discovered your website by accident, I bookmarked it.

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  15. 05/19/2012
    Jenny Trozell

    I love this post :D

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