Yes, yes, I <i>know</i> this is the Asia board.
Gpanda, please don't penalize me!

I thought that those of you who know me and have read my various trip reports to Asia here might want to step outside the box for a moment and check out my trip to Rome over on the Europe board.
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...;tid=35119886?
I spent Easter week in Rome with my husband and two friends and we had a fabulous time.

Of course, photos are on my website.
http://www.wired2theworld.com

The report is still in process, but I started it and have been keeping it up in a very timely manner, so hopefully no penalties there.

Gpanda, do you even have authority outside the Asia board? ;-)

K---contact me [email protected]

he has no authority anyplace on this planet...he just thinks he does

Thanks for the update. I've not explored the breadth of my authority. My major goal is to mitigate the untruths propigated by the POB (Bob). It's a full time job.

Bob-I emailed you.

Gpanda-perhaps if you traveled outside of Asia more frequently you could expand your domain? ;-)

he has only two spheres: cambridge and thailand

I've been everywhere in the lower 48 and Europe many times. It's not a lack of other destiantions it's mostly passion for Asia. Why bother penalizing for tardiness when I'm not that interested in the reports, of course, with the exception of your Rome trip, K.

Pandas have spheres, Needhamites are confined to trapezoids. Who ever heard the expression &quot;a perfect trapezoid?&quot;

oh!, that k.

Kristina

Been following the blog. I L.O.V.E. Rome. Thanks for taking me there.

Lori

Just skimmed through your report. will read more later but I LOVE your pix. Thanks so much for sharing !!!

Wonderful report! We'll be in Rome for a few days in early June.

The spaghetti alla verde at the Armando Pantheon restaurant is one of my favorite dishes of all time. I also enjoyed the scamorza!

Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

Liz-yes, the pasta was fab. I want to try and make it at home (I even asked them how). We went back for a 2nd night (coming up in the report) and it was just as good the 2nd time. The grilled scmorza was good too, but like any melted cheese, it firmed up as it cooled and all I could think was, &quot;That's what is going to do in my stomach too&quot;.

Hi Lori!

Kristina
I was in Rome on Good Friday! Just did a walking tour and had dinner in the home of some friends.
Carol

Carol-How funny! We could have had a mini GTG. How long were you in Rome?

Kristina-

This recipe is very good. It isn't exactly like Armando's, but it's a start.

http://tinyurl.com/4qmqb7

Liz

Liz-The waiter told me it was just olive oil, cheese and arugula. I don't think there was any lemon or basil in it.
I wonder if the &quot;alla verde&quot; changes with the seasons? That <i>would</i> make sense, if it were just a generic name for the menu.

There was definitely lemon in my version, but no basil. It contained lemon, arugula, and cheese. I was going to modify Giada's to include arugula instead of basil when we get it from our CSA in June.

Liz-Tonight I made my own version of the pasta alla verde, combining of a couple of the pastas we had on the trip:
Spaghetti with Arugula and Pancetta.

I put the recipe and a photo on my website:
www.wired2theworld.com/ROME2008Recipes.html

There are a lot more days posted since my last post on this thread.
Day 8 coming soon...

Liz and Kristina - thanks for the recipes. We were in Rome and then in Sorrento a couple of years ago, so we had lots with lemon (I had a fabulous seafood ravioli with lemon sauce in Sorrento and I'm wondering if Liz'a sauce will be similar).

Kristina - I'm glad you posted this link here. I loved reading about your Thailand trip and &quot;stole&quot; some ideas for our upcoming trip in June/July. it's always nice to see where else fodorites are traveling)

If you like pasta with lemon sauce, this is a good recipe, too!

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/m...ckpea-rigatoni