After a long, sleepy, (and definitely too-hot) August, Rome is waking up just in time for September. This month is so jam-packed with stimulating things to do that you’ll probably have a hard time narrowing down your options. September’s intriguing events kick off with something that makes my romantic heart go all a-flutter...
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Perhaps some of my most faithful bloglings remember the post I did on The Borgia Pope, Pinturicchio, and Giulia Farnese way back in 2012. I’m a little obsessed with the Borgias, and I’m very obsessed with art history mysteries. So when I heard that the Capitoline Museums were displaying a rare work by Pinturicchio called Baby Jesus of the Hands (which is actually a fragment of a larger work that is now lost), I was thoroughly intrigued. Check out that post for the full story on the fascinating mystery of that controversial (and eventually mutilated) work of art.
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I'm not going to lie to you. Being in Rome in August is no picnic. The city is at once empty and crowded: empty of locals yet crowded with tourists. It's unbearably hot and humid. Your favorite restaurants are closed, you can forget about going shopping anywhere but international chain stores. Public transport is even worse than usual. Did I mention it's ridiculously hot? And miserably humid? So yeah, I'm not going to sit here and tell you August is the ideal time to be in Rome, and all those people in Sardegna or on the Amalfi Coast don't know what they're missing. But if you do it right, you can make it a pretty awesome month nevertheless.
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