Today - and Four entirely sound reasons to go to Rome
Lest I forget Rome: San Crispino Gelato :Via della Panetteria 42 East of the Trevi Fountain (no flashy gelato sign, just a little bronze plaque) Try the house specialty: honey. Or the bitter orange. And the pistachio. But you can't miss the zabione or hazelnut or... Liliana Michilli Via dei Banchi : Vecchi 37A jewelry store of copies in the art preservers' neighborhood. Buy your friends $26 copies of 1906 Cartier cocktail rings or contemporary flashy things. Galleria Borghese (Napoleon's sister's house and where Napoleon went shopping for his little Louvre project)Vatican, schmatican - go see the three life-altering Berninis. The rest of the collection is quite smashing as well. Due to limited entrance, you must have reservations, which you can make online ( http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edefault.htm )Check out the one person elevator. Have a caffe corretto (shot of espresso with a shot of brandy) in the downstairs coffee bar. And in a museum. How civilize