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Presenter: Estelle Bingham
Estelle starts her trip to Rome touring the
famous Forum, the hub of ancient Rome. Starting
her second day she tastes as many different forms of
espresso as possible before continuing her exploration
of the city by visiting Michelangelo's beautiful Piazza
Campidoglio, and the historic museums flanking the
piazza. She then learns how to make a real Roman pizza,
before strolling through charming Trastevere,
and visiting the oldest church in Rome, Santa Maria.
Her next day finds her watching a mass in
St. Peters, trying on the latest in clerical
garb on some streets nearby, and visiting the home near the
Spanish Steps where Romantic poet John
Keats died.
Taking a break from Rome, she goes on a day trip to Anzio,
site of a famous Allied landing and victory during World War
II. Back in Rome she visits the Piazza Navona
before taking in the sumptuous sights of the Villa
Borghese, one of the greatest private art collections
in the world. She looks at the balcony where former dictator
Mussolini exhorted the crowds, before visting
the famous Colosseum. She takes another day
trip away from Rome to go to a unique festival in Tuscany:
a duck derby. On her last day in Rome she
has lunch with a movie star, and visits the Pantheon,
the resting place of Raphael.
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