LETTERS
Letters: On Susan Spano and Rome
Thank you so much for your Rome articles. I will be there this summer, and I had to think quickly about where to take my two sons (9 and 12), who will be jet-lagged. Your articles helped considerably.
I have enjoyed your articles tremendously and appreciate your travel wisdom and clarity of thought in your articles. Take care and enjoy Rome.
--Laurie Irwin, Los Angeles
Thank you for your great article today in the June 1 Times.
I have greatly enjoyed your articles over the years and especially from Paris and look forward to more from you regarding Rome, our favorite. I am taking the liberty of sending two book suggestions to add to your list to better prepare the visitor:
"As the Romans Do," by Alan Epstein. We have been in Rome three times for a week, and this is one book that I wish I had read before our first visit in 2000. It provides some insight into the people who live there and enriches the experience as the people are part of what makes Rome unique, exciting and enjoyable.
"Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling," by Ross King. The story itself is well covered in other sources, but this book explains some of the technical challenges in the process of painting on plaster and casting in bronze, which adds to the understanding and makes the actual visit even more impressive and enjoyable.
--Richard Leffler, Balboa
Great article on Rome. I am visiting mid-August. Do you have an insider suggestion on a can't-miss Italian restaurant?
News reports on NPR discuss growing racism and violence toward foreigners in Rome. Is that prevalent?
I hope your stay is positively eventful.
Ciao!
--Juan Sotelo, Sherman Oaks
While you were living in Paris, I wrote you about a planned trip. You were helpful.
We ended up staying two short blocks from Musée d'Orsay. If I didn't thank you then, I am thanking you now!
Now today I sit down and see you have filled the paper with Rome. My wife and I will travel to Europe in the fall. This is the best time for us to travel. (We know better than to sit on sun-filled beaches.)
I've never been to Rome, but my wife visited in 1963. I want to go, but she seems hesitant. I say the dollar be damned.
I love the antiquities, the artifacts, the history and all that goes with it.
I am asking for a little help from you. Rome sounds wonderful and I want to get there.
So here is what I am asking of you.
Would you please drop my wife a very short note and tell her just how wonderful it is and that it is a must-see for any traveler?
You write better than I write or speak, so please use your own words and help me get her to agree to a trip to Rome.
Thank you very, very much.
--Fred Goldberg, Aliso Viejo
Didn't you do a column by this name for The Times? I very much enjoyed it.
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