I was reluctant at first to take pictures in front of the shopkeepers, but nobody noticed me. I don’t want to get into some weird chinese maphia affair

The Chinese New Year celebration in Rome

The chinese community seems pretty strong in Rome. Here is a video I found that shows Piazza Vittorio during the Chinese New Year. Yellow dragon. Pretty cool!

For who has never been to Rome, let me introduce it – Trastevere is the most crowded area of Rome, so full of tourists from all over the world, at day & night.

Maybe you’ll ask why all foreign people likes so much to come here – if you stay in Rome a couple of months and get to know fairly well the city, you’ll soon figure out this might be  the most special area to live in: besides being very central,  it really rules when it comes to bars, pubs, and great restaurants!

And the buildings are really not ordinary houses – they vary so much in shape and size, with some crazily small stairs where you’d better watch out if you’re not so slim.

To get what I mean, here is a video of Trastevere, courtesy of Rome Loft, the agency I used   to rent an apartment in Rome.

You can see how Trastevere is inspiring – it’s amazing.

Being a girl who likes to hang around at night, staying in a place who is always crowded, also at night,  makes me feel safe. I love my Trastevere! It’s 5 months that I live here and I still enjoy it very much.

So what I dislike about it?

Do you ever feel like being alone sometimes? Do you like silence? Don’t come here

But I’m still young (will be 25 this year, come on!) so I can stand it.

And sometimes groups of  guys approach me with crazy excuses – yes, being a  pretty girl  is a hard job in Rome. But a job I can do happily