The Hidden Horrors Of Rome - Pinocchio Shop To Flagship Starbucks / McDonalds & Punk Record Shopping
Rome Italy Nov 2025
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Tuesday, November
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25th,
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2025.
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A cool,
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semi crisp, and rainy
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day in row.
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Starting off, going to get myself a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage at the
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flag staff. Flag staff flagship
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location here in Italy
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Starbucks.
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I found one.
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>> And not just one, the flagship version.
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It's located right over there inside
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that building at the Plaza de
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Sylvestro. And what flagship means, I
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had to look it up. doesn't mean it's the
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first one, but it mean it is it means it
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is a company's
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spot that they really want to represent
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more than anything. That is what a
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flagship store is. The one they would
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say if you're visiting a place, you
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would want to go to this particular
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store. And that seagull is flying across
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little courtyard here. And I'm going to
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head in start the day here in Rome. A
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another another
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wet rainy day here in Rome. Welcome
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everyone. Adam the Woo here right now.
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Do not have my umbrella opened up, but
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I'm sure I will need it. It was raining
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earlier. It just stopped. Going to go
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in, get a coffee, start the day. Have a
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pretty good agenda of things I want to
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see. See how it goes.
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I'm inviting you to join me. It's good
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to have you here.
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Another wet one in shall you? Yes, it's
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very interesting inside. Evidently,
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well, not evidently, it is in fact a
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twostory building, and it has a lot of
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the marble and rock and stonework that
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you'd see across Rome. And there's a a
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special seating area in the back where
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you have to to order through a waiter or
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a waitress, a server that will bring you
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out the special reserve blend. You can
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order a reserve blends in the back. But
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the neatest thing was the staircase
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going up and the artwork on the
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staircase. I went with my usual go-to,
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which I haven't had in a while since
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I've been in this particular country.
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This is the first Starbucks I've gotten
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since I've left the US. I kind of need
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to to find the first
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not the first one in Italy, but the
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but the flagship one, the one that they
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really want to represent their brand
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here in this particular country. This
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opened about a year ago, so it's kind of
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new. There's my piping hot caffeinated
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beverage here. Little sugar-free vanilla
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latte at the Piaza
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de South Sylvestro or Sylvestro. I guess
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that's South.
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All right. See see where the day leads
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me.
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little fruit stand right there. Here's
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the
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police vehicles.
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>> Love all the architecture through here.
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I believe I'm over by the fountain I was
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at last night as well.
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>> Trivia Fountain.
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All right. Over in this area is a very
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unique store.
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based around Pinocchio.
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The Pinocchio store looks cool. Yeah.
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How cool is this? All the little wooden
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boys
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before the blue fairy stepped in and
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turned them all to humans.
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>> Just got to make sure none of these go
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to Pleasure Island. turn into donkeys.
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>> Take a look at this.
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Oh, that's awesome. Look at that.
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That's cool. There's Jeppetto down
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there.
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Yeah, it's like a cute little wooden toy
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shop. It's like Japetto himself opened a
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store. Maybe Jeppetto is the one carving
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everything. I talked to the employee.
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She said it was been open about 25 to 30
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years. She didn't have the exact number.
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probably was not here when it opened.
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Just a worker, but been here for a few
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decades.
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A store based around Pinocchio. I never
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realized this. As crazy as it is and how
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big I am to Disney, I never realized
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that Pinocchio was an Italianbased
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story. I wasn't sure really where on
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this side of the world the the story
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originated and came from, but yeah,
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based in Italy. It's a kind of a neat
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neat idea to pop in and maybe get myself
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a souvenir
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of the Pinocchio store right there. I
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also ended up getting a little souvenir
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for myself as well. A little souvenir in
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the form of a magnet. So, I ended up
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getting this and I'm going to go by
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this. This was actually used in Roman
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Holiday where she just sticks her hand
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in this face. Originally, I think it was
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like a sewer grate or looked like a
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sewer great. Now, it's on the side of a
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wall, but made famous in the the classic
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film Roman Holiday. So, I'm going to go
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by and try to stick my hand just like
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Pinocchio. So, I'm kind of like knocking
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off two things in one magnet. You got
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Pinocchio, an Italian-based story
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becomes a real boy thanks to the Blue
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Angel or the Blue Fairy, I should say.
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Not the Blue Angel, the airplane
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battalion. It's also interesting in the
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story of Pinocchio that the only boy
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that is saved from Pleasure Island, the
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only rebellious, disobedient boy that
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was saved was never a real human to
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begin with. Such a messed up story. It's
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such a sad story. Also heard that
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Pinocchio was the only movie that Walt's
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wife, Lillian, despised. She didn't like
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it. I heard she didn't like that movie
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and she didn't know why Walt wanted to
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wanted to make that story. But here's
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the name of the store, Bayga.
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Pinocchio.
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And I love the fact that people just
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walking by, traffic driving by. And I
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really like the fact that not only is
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Pinocchio over here, he's just
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continually spinning his wheels right
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there. You got Pinocchio spinning his
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wheels right there. And then you got a
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bigger Pinocchio, full-size Pinocchio
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right there, just sitting right there,
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sitting on that bench. All almost like a
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something out of a horror film right
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there. It's almost like Think about
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that. That's almost like it could it
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could be a horror film. In fact, if you
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watch it, it kind of is. There's another
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store called Legami. It's evidently a
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popular spot as well. They do have a
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subway system, but I'm noticing a lot of
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the subway entrances since I've been
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here. Some are open, but a lot are
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closed, including this one. This subway
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is closed off.
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You know what's interesting too? While
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I'm standing in this spot, I'm getting
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definite London Piccadilly Circus vibes
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through here. This kind of reminds me of
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Piccadilly Circus just a little bit in a
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roundabout way.
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This umbrella I purchased the other day
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is really coming in handy. I would be
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absolutely miserably drenched without
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this thing. You know, I already had
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Starbucks, which is a very Americanized
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company. There's also McDonald's, Mickey
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De's. There's a regular McDonald's, but
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then there's also a mafe here at the
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Piaza Spagna. Despa Despagna.
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And it's interesting when you step
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inside. Yes, this is a very unique
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McDonald's. You have the typical Roman
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sculptures. You're kind of like walking
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through Roman architecture over here.
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Take a look at this. There's this this
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is definitely a very unique experience
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for McDonald's. You got the tile work
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over here. You just definitely know that
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you were in Rome when you're walking
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through this Italian Mickey De's here.
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It's like a definitely a next level
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golden arches right over here. This was
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evidently built in 1986. Here they have
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a big arch. I don't think I'm going to
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get anything from here, but just wanted
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to to show how expansive this is. Now,
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when I was in Paris, I had my first ever
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Royale with cheese. I always think of
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pulp fiction. I don't know if I'm going
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to try Mickey De's while I'm here. They
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might have a certain menu as well. Look,
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it says how they carve up the the cow
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for the burger there. The chicken real
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quick. Like, let me take a look at the
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menu and just see the difference between
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this and American. You got the big
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tasty. You got the Grand McCy
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McChick, crispy Mc Wrap, a filt, a
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double chicken barbecue. That sounds
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pretty good. And when in Rome, you can
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get the McGra crunchy chicken with
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parmesano
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reano sauce. That sounds pretty good.
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Oh, and the Mctoast. Look at this. The
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Mctoast.
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All right, that looks pretty good. Yeah,
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again. Oh, a gluten-free burger.
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Awesome. They got gluten-free here as
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well. That's fun. That's fun. Let's
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check out. Let's see. New and specials.
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The Big Arch, of course. Welcome to Rome
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menu.
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And then this menu. Ooh, that's
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interesting. Let's see.
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Double chicken barbecue, double
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cheeseburger, and fillet of fish. Yeah,
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pretty typical, but there's some there's
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some stuff they don't have in the US.
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So, this is in the cafe area. This is on
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the front entrance. Got all these
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different delicious little pastries and
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donuts. Mini donuts through here. Two
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donuts, double donuts, croissants, all
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kind of stuff through here. You see a
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lot of pistachio stuff. Again, a
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resisted temptation in there. We'll get
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some true Italian stuff a little bit
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later. Trying to do like not well
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mostly authentic Italian meals while I'm
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here. I could get some new luggage. I
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could go all in and go with some
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Valentino
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when in Rome, right?
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>> Oh, look at the belts down here. $45
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Valentino belt.
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>> It's a window shopping day. Probably not
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buying much. Or if I do, it just be like
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small magnets and things like that.
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Small souvenirs, but if I wanted, I
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could get a $45 Valentino belt.
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Here's the Spanish Steps. saw them the
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other day, but they had a big stage set
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up here at a performance. So, didn't
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really get a good view of the steps
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themselves, but here they are in the
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rain,
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unobstructed by a stage,
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There's a little popup plant store here
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with flowers.
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Got some lemons there.
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You can even buy your own seeds if you
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want to start your own garden. Here's
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some very interesting
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little plant bulbs there.
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But I guess you could probably buy these
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as souvenirs and take them home and
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plant them. I could take these back to
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celebration and plant some. I don't have
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a green thumb though and I'm never home.
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So everything I would plant would die.
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Also noticing a lot of police presence
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here more than in the US.
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everywhere.
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Or maybe they're just more visible. So,
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evidently over in this area, there was a
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director who did a few films
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in this particular section. I'm not
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familiar with these movies, but here's a
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little info on it. In the early '7s, até
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Skola
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filmed all kind of stuff around this
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area.
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There's just kind of screenshots of it.
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Found this very beautiful alleyway.
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Making my way over to the Piazo del
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Popula.
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love the streets here too. Little
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cobblestone.
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a very unique angle. And look at this
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steeple here of this church building.
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Separate portion of it is separated from
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the rest of the building. The rest of
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the church building. This is an Anglican
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church. All Saints Anglican church.
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I really like how this is like
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unattached from the rest of the
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building. It's like its own little
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entity here. Kind of unique. I don't
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know if I've ever seen anything quite
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like that. It's like a entry pillar into
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the church building.
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I've arrived to Piaza Delapo.
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Couple amazing basilas on either side of
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that street. Not even sure if they're
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coordinated together. They look like
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they've been built. They look like they
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were built by the same person and are
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affiliated. But there's a road that runs
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right through the middle of them, which
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is interesting.
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A lot of churches in Rome, a lot of
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basilas, cathedrals.
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>> And a lot of fountains. Another fountain
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here.
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I'm noticing on this pier or this pillar
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here got some hieroglyphics going up the
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front side.
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Looks like looks as if there's an
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overlook
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up top there. Try to walk up to the top
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there where everybody else is standing.
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Maybe get a pretty good view of Rome
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from up there. It's pretty elevated.
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All right, after a lot of steps, this is
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the view. Looks like that's Vatican City
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over there in the distance. Just to the
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just to the left there of
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the pillar. Little construction crane as
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well. You can see St. Peter's Basilica
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was up in the dome yesterday. Pretty
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wild.
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That's all Vatican City, which is not
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part of Italy. In fact, if you want to
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get technical, that's it.
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It's another country.
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Smallest population and smallest
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square footage of any country in the
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world.
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>> I'm not going to label that as one of
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the countries I've been to though
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because you don't need a passport to get
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in there. As I stated yesterday,
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the rain has subsided for a brief
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moment.
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I had my coffee earlier, but wouldn't
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mind a little cold drink. There's this
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little drivable
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little food stand here with all kind of
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beverages
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at the very top of this little hillside
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peak.
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Let me grab something to wet my whistle
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over here. So, this is known as the
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Pensio Promea, the Pensio Terrace. You
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can see right there. That's where I was
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just kind of overlooking. Here's an
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older photo back from 1884 at least.
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Well, not a photo, but a oil and canvas
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artistic rendition of everyone that
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would have been out here. The Panicio
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prominade. It's on top of the northern
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slope of Pensian Hill in ancient time
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was already characterized with the
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presence of
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aristocrat gardens.
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system of pathways, ramp steps, steep
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steps which go down towards the Piaza
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del Papa.
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The public garden was created by
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Napoleonetic
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Napoleonic Napoleonic administration
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established in Rome in 1810 to meet with
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many urban and social needs in
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particular providing the quote the
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second city of the empire with urban
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space for recreation and health of the
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people.
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had to pull the umbrella back out
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because it's raining once again. This is
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Monty. I wonder if that means Monty the
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5th. That would be Roman numerals. Oh, I
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just realized I'm in Rome and the
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numerals are Roman numerals. I don't
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know if that's what that refers to as or
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if it's Victor Monty and that's not a
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Roman numeral, but yeah, I just put two
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and two together that not only does
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Monty not have a nose, but I'm also in
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the birthplace of Roman numerals. Yes.
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As you can see, there are lots of these
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busts all through here.
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Oh, this is neat. This one's named after
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me. So, Adam is a diamond.
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Clearly, this was not named after me.
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I'm just making a clever
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noticeable latandra there. This is
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Belvadier the Velvadier.
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And this is Cavour.
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He has a very nice little pendant around
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his neck there. And a very fancy beard.
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Look at his beard. It's like the way
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it's cut there.
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This building here is very interesting
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with the wraparound porch and it has the
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Roman columns
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around it as well.
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Yeah, this viewpoint has a little tour
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group up here. It's another one of these
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mobile food stands,
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more buss. And this looks like a more
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impressive overlook than the one I was
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just at. I have to wait through some
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puddles
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to get over, too. There's a little bit
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of a
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walkway here.
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Ah, nice. Take a look at this. You look
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over the city skyline of Rome.
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It's a good view.
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Really good view.
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Now I know that that Roman there is
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holding a scroll of some kind. It almost
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looks like it's got a bottle and it's
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cheersing the espanog.
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But it's not. That's what it looks like
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though from this angle. This is kind of
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neat. So, he's talk into the wall right
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there and it echoes all the way around
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and these two friends are talking to
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each other and it looks like they're
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talking basically into the stone or the
22:03
brick themselves, but it's echoing all
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the way around. And I asked if it worked
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and they said yes. And then they
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switched places. So, the one friend was
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over there talking to this friend and
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now they switched. And in order to get
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fuel, it's right here along the street
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itself. Not part of a gas station, not
22:23
part of a convenience store, but in
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fact, right here at this intersection,
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you pull up, pay for the gas, and fill
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it up right there. I've never seen
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anything like that before.
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Huh.
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It's actually kind of nice. I'm also
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really glad I'm not driving around Rome.
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prefer just walking and Ubering.
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I was reading some comments yesterday
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and someone had left a comment on that
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particular video and said, "Make sure I
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check out Profondo Roso, which is a
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museum/gift
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shop that is affiliated with Dario
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Arento or Dario Arento, which is a the
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one of the masters of horror. In fact,
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John Carpenter says that part of the
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reason he made Halloween was because of
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Dario Arento. And Arento also worked.
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Obviously, he created Sesperia, which is
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a truly horrifying masterpiece
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that was filmed. Some of it, I think,
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was filmed in some studios in Rome and
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elsewhere around this side of the world.
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But he also worked on Dawn of the Dead
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with Romero. He was part of Goblin, did
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the soundtrack with Goblin for
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1978,
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Dawn of the Dead, and also I didn't
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realize this till I was kind of looking
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some stuff up earlier that he
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collaborated on Once Upon a Time in the
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West and helped either write it or
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produce it. He had a big hand in Once
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Upon a Time in the West, which is one of
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my all-time favorite westerns ever,
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Sergio Leone.
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So, this place opens at 4:00.
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It's open early in the morning and then
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it closes for a few hours and then it
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reopens. And I'm not really sure if it's
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going to be a museum or if it's just
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going to be a gift shop, but it is
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somehow connected to Arento
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of Sesperia fame. And the the the lady
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that was in Sesperia was also in the
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sequel
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to Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Fun fact,
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>> he's opened up the doors. Take a look at
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this. This is right up my alley. Oh,
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there's Tom Cevini. There's Alice
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Cooper. There's Tim Burton visiting the
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museum.
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That's great. There's a nice shirt here.
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Yeah, this place is going to be so good.
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Lot of Corman stuff. Got tons of masks
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up top.
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All the t-shirts. Speaking of Sesperia,
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I went through Arento phase back when
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first started collecting DVDs. You know
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what's interesting? They used to
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actually sell some of these kind of deep
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cut
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horror films at Disney Springs
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back at what is now like the I think
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it's now it's like a bowling alley but
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used to be a Virgin mega store. These
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have a really good horror section. I
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know it's weird to think about but
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there you go. There's the creature.
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There's Chucky.
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There's Ghost Face. Right there's
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Vincent Price right there. Signed that
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to Luigi, the store owner.
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Still running the place.
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>> Yeah, [laughter]
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>> that's Did you meet him?
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>> Yeah, sure.
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>> You met Vincent Price?
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>> He was my guest for one full week.
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>> Oh, wow. That is amazing.
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>> I run a festival at that time. He was a
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guest of Horn.
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>> Check out the Edwood poster here.
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Going down the staircase now.
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Down into the bowels of this museum.
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Unbelievable. This is so good. This is
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so good.
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What is this?
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Oh, I hear they turn the effects on.
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The horrifying effects have been turned
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on. This may be the greatest thing I've
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ever seen.
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>> You're welcome.
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>> Here you will find some original props
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from the
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terrifying movies.
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>> Come down.
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>> Luigi is narrating this. I think that's
28:25
Luigi's voice.
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>> Okay, this classic
28:34
>> demons.
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>> Forgot about this Arento movie.
28:38
>> Produced by Dario and directed by
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Lberto.
28:43
The one we're looking at is the original
28:46
D for the transformation of a girl
28:50
>> screen. Thanks to Sergity and the screw,
28:54
the fangs came out from the mouth
28:56
mechanically and the same the clouds
29:00
through the fingers. Not bad.
29:07
Oh, there's a screen used prop. The
29:07
transformation scene from Demons
29:11
>> Marenta
29:12
>> in front of demons. Here is the little
29:15
group of the horrible child from
29:17
phenomena or reverse
29:20
>> during the action moments. The funny
29:23
child was played by an actor. But for
29:26
some closeup, they used these creepy
29:29
phenomena.
29:31
You can also see the original pike used
29:34
by the dwarf.
29:37
>> What screen used weapon there? Look at
29:40
the leg.
29:43
This place is a freaking hidden gem.
29:45
>> You keep on walking along this dark
29:47
dungeon. Please note all the gates.
29:51
They have been used for the movie the
29:54
church by
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some death masks.
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Okay. Oh, wow.
30:02
Unbelievable. What have I stepped into?
30:05
Like a zombie down there.
30:18
>> These are props. Also, we were using
30:18
something. I can't figure out what, but
30:21
Oh, this is in the sequel [music] of
30:24
Okay, this is in the sequel of Demons.
30:26
So this is demon demons 2 or demonia 2
30:30
or demon demon eye too
30:54
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad I found out
30:54
about this place. This is the coolest
30:56
thing ever.
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It's like in the catacombs down here,
31:20
too, which is crazy.
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So
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breakfast
32:47
Okay, the narration is saying these
32:47
helmets were screen used from the
32:48
knights. Whatever film this was.
32:51
Trying to place what film this was
32:53
though.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
33:14
our danger of nightmares is over
34:19
Okay. Can I turn my flashlight on here
34:19
to see the demons, too? Some of these
34:22
are screen used props according to the
34:23
narration down here. space.
34:27
You can also see the original pipe moved
34:32
>> There's even an area over here where you
34:34
can peek through and you can see some
34:36
Roswell alien action all the way in
34:39
Rome. Who knew that the stories of
34:41
Roswell made it all the way to Rome?
34:44
Look at that.
34:47
Love it. Love it. Love this place. Looks
34:49
like a screen grab from the movie where
34:51
they have the props there with the
34:52
little the little guy with that scepter
34:54
looking thing there.
34:56
>> Just a small little area directly
34:58
underneath the gift shop. You wouldn't I
35:00
don't even know if you would even like
35:01
know it was underneath there until you
35:02
walked in unless somebody told you about
35:05
it. I don't know what's going on with
35:06
this guy. Also chained to the wall as
35:09
well going up.
35:12
>> They're from a movie.
35:14
>> No, no, no. He's the movie. He's the
35:18
child now. He's a man. He's a director
35:20
now. But when he was a child, he built
35:24
this and gave it as a present to us.
35:27
>> Okay. And this is his name?
35:29
>> Brando.
35:30
>> He's the son of the son is a niece of
35:35
Victoria.
35:37
>> Oh, okay.
35:38
>> Italian director.
35:44
>> So, they saw this poster and look,
35:44
Argentin actually signed that one.
35:46
right there.
35:49
Yeah, it's located down there. 5.
35:53
Well worth it. Well worth it. They do
35:55
have some vinyl here. Be kind of neat to
35:58
get the Goblin version of Sesperio. They
36:01
do not have the Dawn of the Dead. They
36:02
do have a lot of other ones.
36:04
Contamination.
36:10
All right. I did purchase a few things.
36:10
Well, more than a few things that are
36:13
kind of win moments.
36:16
went in Argentto
36:18
region moments.
36:21
Highly recommend this if you were in
36:23
Rome and you are a fan of the horror
36:24
genre. That place was awesome. So
36:28
awesome. Quite a few things. Quite a few
36:30
things that I'll little keepsakes that
36:33
I'll remember from being in Rome. Didn't
36:35
realize that this place exists. So
36:38
pretty cool I found out about it.
37:11
right, arrived over in an area called
37:11
Trust of air.
37:19
I guess you could call this dusk. Sun
37:19
will be setting soon. I find a bite to
37:21
eat over in this section. Oh,
37:39
I love all the foliage going out of the
37:39
windows there. It's pretty neat how it's
37:41
all just kind of down the side of the
37:43
buildings.
38:19
One thing I'm noticing, I had gelato
38:19
last night, but there are gelato places
38:22
everywhere. I mean, every corner.
38:24
There's a gelato place right here.
38:26
There's a gelato place right here. Way
38:28
more gelato places in Rome than there
38:31
are ice cream places. Pretty much in any
38:34
US place I've been to.
38:36
Church bells ringing.
38:39
Also, one thing I did not realize before
38:41
coming to Rome, I didn't think there
38:43
would be as much graffiti as there is.
38:45
There's a lot of spray paint everywhere.
38:47
Everywhere you go, spray paint.
38:55
I don't know why I didn't expect that,
38:55
but yeah.
38:57
All right. Ooh, wow. Look at this area.
39:00
This church
39:02
basilica.
39:05
Incredible looking. Look at that. Oh,
39:08
look at the carvings up top
39:12
You got all the carvings there. It looks
39:14
like you got
39:16
if those are carvings or paintings
39:17
directly above them.
39:20
One thing Rome has is plenty of basilas
39:22
and plenty of fountains.
39:26
I think we might grab a bite to eat.
39:27
>> Been on a kick lately, the last few
39:29
days.
39:31
Eating at little restaurants that are in
39:34
courtyards with a nice little view.
39:38
>> Now, it is said that if you're going to
39:39
try to get a traditional Italian meal,
39:41
not to eat at any place that's near a
39:44
tourist spot. But I've been pretty happy
39:47
with the meals that I've been having,
39:50
overlooking good views. And this is a
39:51
really good view to have. There are two
39:52
or three restaurants here in this
39:54
section. There's this one, which looks
39:57
very busy, and then there's this one,
39:58
which really does not look busy at all.
40:02
So, I could just grab a table there very
40:04
quickly. Or there's this one, which is
40:08
much busier. I'm kind of leaning towards
40:11
this.
40:13
All right, take a look at what I have
40:14
here. Got the menu. This is called
40:18
Sabatini.
40:24
is the name of the restaurant. Sabatini.
40:24
Oh, wait. That's the
40:31
drink menu.
40:31
Sabatini since 1958.
40:38
Anti- pasta.
40:38
Let's see. The first night I was in
40:39
town,
40:41
I had fetuccini alfredo.
40:44
Last night I had spaghetti and
40:45
meatballs. Oh, it was so good. It was so
40:47
good. And they had the Capri salad,
40:49
which was one of the best Capri salads
40:51
I've ever had. Try to get something
40:52
different tonight.
41:01
>> Ah, love these views. Come on. Love
41:01
these views.
41:04
And they got a heater on here,
41:12
>> which that's a little warm, but it's
41:12
nice.
41:14
This is how to dine right here. This is
41:16
how you dine. All right. Take a look at
41:17
this cream soup with artichokes as like
41:20
an appetizer. I might go with that. I'm
41:23
also kind of leaning towards maybe some
41:25
ravioli.
41:31
>> Thank you. There's the name of the
41:31
place. Sabatini.
41:39
I also ordered some olives. I'm in an
41:39
olive cake. You got to have olives when
41:40
you're in Italy, right? While I'm
41:41
waiting for my food, going to show what
41:42
I ended up purchasing from
41:47
Profondo
41:49
Roso.
41:51
I ended up getting this magnet. I got a
41:55
Sesperia shirt and I got the Sesperia
41:57
soundtrack
41:59
with the original motion picture by
42:01
Goblin who Arjentto was a part of. They
42:04
were out of I asked about the Dawn of
42:05
the Dead Romero soundtrack which I do
42:08
have the special there's like a new
42:10
version that came out so I think I've
42:12
already got a version of it. So, I guess
42:14
I don't really don't need it again, but
42:15
it would have been fun to buy it from
42:16
that Arento shop. But I got Sesperia.
42:20
Sespia is a wild movie. Wild movie.
42:25
It's kind of cool that I got to get this
42:27
here. Again, you can get this at a lot
42:28
of places, but it's, you know, kind of
42:30
neat to buy it in the spot where he's
42:33
got his little museum. It's on
42:35
splattered vinyl, too.
42:49
All right. This is the soup.
42:49
And these are the olives.
42:56
These are the starters.
42:56
I was mentioning gelato places. There's
42:58
another one right there.
43:01
Also, the artichoke soup I had was a lot
43:03
kind of like split pea soup in a lot of
43:06
ways. Reminded me of split pea soup. But
43:08
man, that was good. And then like the
43:10
Melba type toast they had with it spped
43:12
up into the artichoke broth. So good.
43:17
But it definitely had that kind of split
43:20
pea soup type kind of consistency.
43:28
All right, so here's my ravioli.
43:28
Got some shrimp in here as well. Some
43:31
dried tomatoes.
43:36
Little
43:36
garnishy around the side there.
43:39
Little decoration.
43:42
Salt and pepper.
43:49
So view of the basilica.
44:17
>> That is the inside of the ravioli with
44:17
the mozzarella cheese. The shrimp kind
44:19
of blends in with the sauce. Also,
44:21
really love the the way the shrimp is.
44:23
It's kind of like sliced up and diced
44:26
all around there. Really, really good.
44:28
But you can see how cheesy the inside of
44:30
the ravioli. This is looking back the
44:31
other way where I just had a really good
44:33
meal. I'm really enjoying the eating
44:35
Italian food in these courtyards each of
44:39
the night nights I've been here. I'm
44:40
going continue doing that through my
44:41
Italy trip. I'm not doing all Rome. I'm
44:44
going to be going to other places as
44:45
well. I've been having a good time in
44:48
Rome and I will continue doing my my
44:51
nightly meals
44:53
at restaurants and cafes, etc. That was
44:57
the one I ate at right over there.
45:01
Really, really good. That ravioli was so
45:03
good. So good. And that soup. So good.
45:08
There's a record store over here called
45:16
Radiation Records.
45:16
Looks like they're still open. Yeah,
45:17
Radiation Records. They have vinyl, CDs,
45:20
DVDs,
45:22
rare items.
45:24
I'm going to pop in and maybe get myself
45:26
a see if I can find a a band from Row.
45:29
maybe like a rock band or a punk band or
45:31
maybe something that would be
45:32
quintessential to Rome itself here at
45:34
Radiation Records. I was pleasantly
45:36
surprised with the amount
45:39
just the vast amount of punk rock stuff
45:41
that was in there. Not only vinyl but
45:43
also cassette tapes, t-shirts,
45:46
paraphernelia, stickers, things like
45:48
that. I would definitely consider that.
45:50
File that one under punk rock record
45:52
shop here in Rome. And I was talking to
45:55
the shop owner. I said, "I'd really like
45:57
to find a couple bands, either garage
45:58
rock bands, popular bands, or
46:00
underground punk bands from Rome." And
46:03
he recommended a couple. One of which
46:05
was his own band from like 20 years ago.
46:08
>> Yeah.
46:08
>> That he was in. And he said the shop
46:10
owner that started was the original
46:12
guitar player or singer. He played
46:14
drums, the guy I was talking to in
46:15
there. And then he recommended another
46:17
band that was recently on tour with
46:19
Fear. And they're from Rome as well. I
46:22
mentioned a couple bands I found online.
46:23
and he goes, "Oh, those those bands
46:24
you're talking about are not from Rome.
46:26
Let me direct you some that are actually
46:28
from Rome." So, I ended up getting a
46:30
couple records
46:32
from Radiation Records. Evidently,
46:34
there's three of them in the general in
46:37
the general area. I'm not sure if
46:38
there's three of them in Rome, but
46:39
there's three of them in Italy, but I
46:42
went to the one kind of over by where I
46:44
just ate.
46:50
And how I was mentioning how there's
46:50
gelato everywhere. There's another
46:52
gelato place right here.
46:58
And here are the two albums that I ended
46:58
up getting. Both bands from Rome.
47:06
There's his band. Kind of an interesting
47:06
cover there with the eyeball and the
47:08
hands around it.
47:16
Let me flip them over. Anti-U blank
47:16
stairs.
47:18
And this one's kind of neat, too, which
47:20
I didn't realize till they pointed it
47:21
out. It is numbered one
47:25
out of a hundred or one out of 100.
47:27
Yeah, they only made a hundred of them.
47:31
This band here, not sure how you
47:33
pronounce that, but
47:39
Let's Do It Again is the album. One out
47:39
of 100. And then that's the guy that
47:41
owns the record stores band.
47:43
All right, got a couple new souvenirs. I
47:45
got three records today. Susperia at the
47:48
Arento spot and these two Rome punk
47:50
bands. Nice.
48:06
Another basilica here with a fountain in
48:06
front. This one's got a really neat bell
48:09
tower
48:11
off to the side.
48:14
And the fountain looks like a a big cup,
48:17
like a trophy almost.
49:01
All right. Evidently, the mouth of truth
49:01
you stick your hand in and all that is
49:04
inside that basilica which is already
49:07
closed.
49:09
So, no no such luck for that today.
49:20
Not going to have I'm going to stick my
49:20
hand inside the super great.
49:39
So, this is very interesting where I'm
49:39
walking along now. This kind of empty
49:42
walkway with a little ravine in the
49:44
middle was originally created and built
49:47
for chariot races way back in the day.
49:51
And they would have hundreds thousands
49:53
of spectators through here watching the
49:55
chariot races
49:57
right along this kind of empty section
50:01
right here.
50:03
Fascinating.
50:26
Some of the original structure down
50:26
there or recent more recent than current
50:29
structure of what I was just describing.
50:32
Heat.
51:12
and went in Rome. Get another gelato.
51:12
Creamy caramel from this place. It's
51:15
written on the cookie what the name of
51:16
the place is. I went with creamy
51:18
caramel. I'm heading back to my hotel.
51:20
Got to call it a night. It's now raining
51:22
again. Get inside before it starts
51:24
downpouring.
51:26
Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
51:27
next video. The vlog
51:30
is over.