{"id":5900,"date":"2017-01-14T18:02:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T01:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/impressions\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2017-01-15T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T19:16:57","slug":"rome-in-december-2015-via-apia-antica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/2017\/01\/14\/rome-in-december-2015-via-apia-antica\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome in December 2015: Via Apia Antica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I wrote previously &#8211; we started towards via Apia from the place we stayed, walked and walked, and when we reached it &#8211; it was pretty narrow and traffic was brushing our sides&#8230;Until at some point they directed traffic to another street and we were on a comfy path parts of it from the ancient cobble stones:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5901\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020969.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020969-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5902\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020971.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020971-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5903\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020974.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020974-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>The St. Calistus Catacombs &#8211; they were closed when we reached them. but the top part was impressive and relaxing enough: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5904\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020979.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020979-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>There was a building on the way with such a variety of cacti in front of it &#8211; I was mesmerized! <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5905\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020981.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020981.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020981-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>There were churches on the way and of course-\uffc2\uffa0 there were sculptures iin them\/ Even the footprints of St. Peter or Jesus, oh, I forgot&#8230;Because at that place St. Peter met Jesus who told him to return to the city and continue the Christening: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5906\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020994.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020994.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1020994-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the best part of Via at last! But my company got tired and we had to turn back&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5907\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030008.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030008-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5908\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3669_70.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3669_70.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3669_70-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5909\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3673_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3673_4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3673_4-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5910\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3677_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3677_8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3677_8-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>One of the gates to Rome with a strange Pyramid, the structure one least expects to see in Rome of all places: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5911\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3687.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3687-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>That evening we ate in a nice cafe -night bar while they had a buffet-snacks with drinks. Close by what an interesting shop as if from a fairy tale -a man making solely Pinoccios:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5912\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030043.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030043-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5913\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3711.jpg 375w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3711-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Again\uffc2\uffa0 -we finished the day in Transtevere, where to sit in the middle of its square and look into the flocks of birds doing different figures, listening to various musicians playing- what else can be better?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5915\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030405.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030405-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5916\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030409.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030409-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5917\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030411.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030411-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5918\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030412.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030412-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5930\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3705_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3705_6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3705_6-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5931\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3707.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3707-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>The next day we went up to the hills behind Transtevere &#8211; it is also very worth going:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5919\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3778_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3778_9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3778_9-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5920\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3780.jpg 375w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3780-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5921\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3799_800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3799_800.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3799_800-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5922\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3814.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/DSCN3814-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5923\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030306.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030306-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5924\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030332-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5925\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030340.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030340-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5926\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030343.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030343-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5927\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030354-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5928\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030367.jpg 500w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030367-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5929\" src=\"\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030372.jpg 332w, https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/01\/P1030372-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I wrote previously &#8211; we started towards via Apia from the place we stayed, walked and walked, and when we reached it &#8211; it was pretty narrow and traffic was brushing our sides&#8230;Until at some point they directed traffic to another street and we were on a comfy path parts of it from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/softblog.com\/impressions\/2017\/01\/14\/rome-in-december-2015-via-apia-antica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rome in December 2015: Via Apia 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