The Road to Rome

I live about 35 miles from Rome. Rome, NEW YORK! Someday I’d like to see the REAL Rome- Rome, Italy. I’m a big history buff and Bible student, so a trip to Rome would be thrilling! Alack, I cannot go as yet. However, one of my favorite travel bloggers, A Singaporean in London, has visited as is writing about his visit. The posts are really great! He’s breaking up the trip throughout five posts and you won’t want to miss them. Part 1 here and Part 2 here. I’m looking forward to more.

What’s uncanny is that I just watched the DVD series by Dave Stotts called Drive Thru History, and in 3 of the DVDs (it’s a 12 DVD set), he goes to Rome. The DVDs are excellent (see here: Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts #1 – Rome if You Want To). Stotts is really hilarious and makes everything fun. I love learning about the ancient ruins, especially. In America, we don’t have any “real” ancient ruins. One of the grandest “ancient ruin” is the Utica Psychiatric Hospital of which I wrote, but that, like many of America’s old buildings, turned into a drug rehab and alcohol center before being converted to a mental health records archives. Anyway, if you love history and humor, you will love these DVDs. And if you can’t wait for the DVDs, check out Singaporean in London!