Rome in January
On blackbirds and a less crowded Rome
Today is the last day of the giorni della merla, and it looks like we made it through the supposed coldest days of the year in Italy. Legend has it that if January 29-31, the so-called Days of the Blackbird, are warm then we have a ways to go before Spring, but if it is quite cold then Sprin…
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