In Rome there are many secret places, mainly because Rome is a double-headed capital. Italian or Vatican State residences and offices, klosters and religious congregations HQs, but also private associations and clubs.
Sometimes a meeting is organised in such secretive places, and BRX takes a few snaps. Welcome to the places you won’t find on Lonely Planet.
One of these is the Circolo degli Affari Esteri, along the Tiber and not far away from the Farnesina, ie the Foreign Office. A typical 70s setting: tennis club with a pocket-sized swimming pool tiled in cerulean mosaïc and a Capri-style clubhouse.
Yesterday the Winter arrived properly in Rome, with a N/E wind blowing. Even if wearing a coat and a scarf, I could easily imagine how pleasant this place could be during the roman dusty Summer.
Retired bureaucrats in tracksuits and trainers were sipping their cappuccino and lattes at heavily subsidized prices in the vanilla-coloured Beach Bar, still pristine notwithstanding having seen the heydays in the 70s (both the bar and the retired folks). Bella vita…
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