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Video on Youtube by @HungryPassport List of popular tourist spots Here is a Google map that show s the location of some of the spots : View Rome in a larger map Roma Pass (source: www.italylogue.com) Roma Pass is valid for 3 days, costs €30, and gets you free public transport in central Rome plus free entry to the first two attractions and discounted entry to around 40 others.  Free entry to first two museums and/or archaeological sites visited Discounted entry to all other included museums and/or archaeological sites after that Discounted entry to some exhibits & events Free public transportation in Rome (bus, metro, Met.Ro trains, trams) Discounted multi-lingual medical service for tourists via 24-hour call center (MET Travel Health) It’s worth the money just to skip the line. Choosing the most expensive attractions for your first and second visits makes sense, such as the combined Colosseum/Palatine/Forum ticket. Unfortunately, the Roma Pass doesn’t

I started using Dropbox a few years back, mostly due to its convenience (or laziness!). What is Dropbox? Dropbox is a cloud service that allows you to seamlessly upload files onto a cloud server for backup and synchronization across all your devices. The upload of saved files happens automatically in the background as you work on documents on your computer. Accessibility and Convenience This way, your files are accessible from anywhere with Dropbox installed (there's even a Dropbox app now). You or several people can work on a single file, accessing it at different locations, different times, using different machines (because the file is actually stored on the cloud). It's like a portable USB stick that you'll never forget to bring! File Recovery (Dropbox is More Powerful Than I Thought!) However, I didn't realize how powerful Dropbox really is until recently. A few days ago, a friend called me for help. He had accidentally replaced a file in Dropbox that he had been wo

Found this site which has a good summary of popular English phrases. Some of Shakespeare's phrases are still in use today. Others could do with a comeback. Visit their website for more resources: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html How many of these do you know? A countenance more in sorrow than in anger A Daniel come to judgement A dish fit for the gods A fool's paradise A foregone conclusion A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse A ministering angel shall my sister be A plague on both your houses A rose by any other name would smell as sweet A sea change A sorry sight Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio All corners of the world All of a sudden All one to me All that glitters is not gold / All that glisters is not gold All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players All's well that ends well An ill-favoure