023 via appia antica
About to head out before the office is locked down for the night, and wanted to post this photo of the lovely Appian Way. See the grooves in the stone after years of travel?
By the way, this reminds me of Respighi's Pini di Roma. The pines specified in the movement titles are:
Pines of Villa Borghese (see sketch below)
Pines near a Catacomb
Pines of the Janiculum (will post photo later)
Pines of the Appian Way (photo above)
Also, in the Pimsleur Italian CDs, when you learn the word for street (via), the example used is Via Veneto. Every time they want to quiz you, they ask things like 'where is via veneto', 'excuse me sir, is that via veneto', etc. Well, I realized today that the American embassy is on Via Veneto here in Rome, and now I'm curious if the same thing is used for other languages in the Pimsleur program, or whether it was just a coincidence.
posted by smr @ 5:31 PM
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In Pimsleur's Russian, the street they use is Tverskaya (Victory) Street (in Moscow). I don't believe that the American Embassy is on this street, but the Kremlin is and so are all the expensive shops in town. This street was mentioned throughout Anna Karenina.
The American Consulate is on Pushkinskaya Street, another street that is used in Pimsleur lessons.
In Pimsleur's Greek lessons, they use:
Victory Street,
Amalias Boulevard, and
Sofokleous Street.
I don't know about any of Greek streets. (I wonder if they even exist...).
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