Summertime in Rome

A travel piece based on my insider knowledge of Rome. Written by Slawka G. Scarso. First published on Go World Travel Magazine - July 2004

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As an Italian stand-up comedian once said, if Romans can’t drive to some place, they won’t go there. Walk around the Italian capital on a Saturday night and indeed you will see hundreds of cars queuing on the sides of the River Tiber or desperately squeezing into the narrow streets behind squares such as Campo de’ Fiori or the neighborhood of Trastevere, packed with restaurants and cafés, and trying to fit into the space of a dustbin as if they were playing the computer game Tetris.
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