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Have you ever been to a Miami football game? Shop ahead of time for your favorite Miami Hurricanes jersey and soak up some sun. Football is a super popular sport in all of Florida. You can tell by the number of top college and professional teams the state boasts. There are also a large number of professional players who began their football careers in a Florida high school.

Visit South Beach while you are there. South Beach is the favorite party spot for energetic travelers. South beach is known for its wild nightlife and hot bodies. There is an abundance of tasty food, refreshing cocktails and beautiful young bodies everywhere. There is even a bar hopping shuttle to take you from your hotel to the night clubs.

Take a dinner cruise out on the big blue. Its a perfect way for you and your date to get a little romance into your trip. If you are going to be that close to the ocean, you might as well take advantage of it.

Visit the beach. What would a trip to Florida be without a visit to the beach? Don’t let that much prime coastline go to waste. Bring your sunscreen and a wake board. Bury your cocktails in the sand to keep them cold.

Have you ever wanted to take a short ride on one of those big air boats with the huge fan on back. Haul around the Florida Everglades on one of those flat bottom cruisers. Keep an eye out for snakes and alligators. Be careful so you don’t fall out of the air boat.

Have you seen people flying down the beach before? Get towed behind a speed boat on one of those tandem chairs with a parachute. Parascending is an especially fun way to spend an afternoon in Florida. Even if you only do it one time during your life, it is well worth the cost. You can get fly like an eagle and take in awesome views of the surrounding beaches.

Do the traditional tourist activity and take a sightseeing tour. There are a ton of companies that provide professional tour services around the greater Miami area. There are a variety of tour types to pick from such as the duck tour, Miami buildings tour, cultural tours and tours of the Everglades.

No matter what you intend to do while you’re there, you can almost guarantee great weather. You’ll have an abundance of sun and warm weather. Don’t forget your sun block and swim suit.

Intro – All year round Trastevere is a major attraction for its restaurants, cabaret clubs, movie theaters, arts and craft artisans and picutesque maze of narrow cobbled alleyways. Everywhere during the evenings, cafe and restaurants tables spill out over to the pavement, one area in particular is around Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. During the morning hours, is better to appreciate the antique charm of Trastevere’s unique narrow alleyways.

The Area – Trastevere is located on the right bank of the Tiber river. Its name comes from “Trans Tiberem” (across the Tiber) and it was once perceived as a precarious area.

It belonged to the Etruscans until Rome conquered it again and get back in control of both banks of the river. “Pons Sublicius” bridge (from Latin: “bridge built on piles”) was the only one way from Trastevere to the city (Rome). With the Emperor Augustus this area soon began to be considered part of the city.

At the time of the ‘Roman Republic’, many sailors and fishermen moved here, and chose Trastevere as their home.

Later, during the wealthy Imperial Age, some luxury villas and gardens were built on the hillside of Trastevere, i.e. Clodia (which was said to be Catullus’ “friend”)lived here, and Julius Caesar as well (his garden villa was called ‘the Horti Caesaris’). Houses of the poor people and small shops settled in the flat land below, some of which are still there today!

Trastevere grew in the middle ages with narrow, winding, irregular streets; due to the mignani (structures on the front of buildings) there was no space for carriages to pass, therefore Trastevere remained a maze of narrow streets. This mix caused a strong contrast between the large, lavish houses of the upper classes and the small, ramshackle houses of the poor.

The streets had no pavement until the end of the 1400s. At first bricks were used, later replaced by sampietrini (cobble stones), which make up the famous narrow maze streets today.

The oldest church in the area is Santa Maria in Trastevere (probably among the firsts to host an open ceremony). Santa Maria is indeed the queen of all churches of the area and immediately became the focus point for devotion to the Virgin by its people. It is said that this church Mother of God was worshiped in Rome. In the Square there is an Octagonal fountain that today is a meeting point. The neighbourhood still has its own medieval character and the many changes occurred in the recent years haven’t changed it a lot.

Today Trastevere still has its own character due to its narrow cobbled streets built in the medieval era. At night, both italians and tourists gather together around its many pubs and restaurants. This neighborhood is so peculiar tha has soon become very popular attracting tourists, locals, artists, foreign expats, and many famous people.

The area is home to John Cabot University, a private American University. Also to the American Academy in Rome, and the Rome campus of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. The Canadian University of Waterloo School of Architecture (between the months of September and December), and the American Pratt Institute School of Architecture therefore serving as a temporary home to an International student body.

Frederic Rzewski and Richard Teitelbaum (Musica Elettronica Viva group), famous American musicians, lived here in the 60s and 70sin Via della Luce. Sergio Leone (director of Spaghetti Westerns) grew up in Viale Glorioso (a marble plaque to his memory is on the wall of the apartment building).

Trastevere is definitely the place to stay when in Rome!