Roma si mette in luce

The Christmas lights are going on in stages and there are heaps of people out in the streets checking them out.

http://www.romasimetteinluce.it/homepage

The last of the lights in Piazza Venezia &Via Del Corso are turned on this Thursday at 7.00pm.  They should be impressive as there are masses of strands in the Italian tricolore.  It will be our last night in Rome so we will have a late night as packing will have to wait until we get back

 A Christmas tree in Via Della Croce -I guess that Mercedes really like their logo and are getting their advertising dollar's worth but they could have left a star or angel at the top of the tree.

Xmas lights from Piazza di Pietra and Hadrian's temple

The everyday street lights are impressive

The Stella McCartney store in Via Borgognona

http://www.stellamccartney.com/default/stores/Rome

Le luci natalizie - Christmas lights in Rome

Christmas lights are going up all over Rome.  I've never seen so many people perched precariously on ladders - tying lights to whatever they can find over shop entrances.  The Via Condotti lights were on last night as well as in surrounding streets.

Christmas tree in Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Lights in Via Condotti

Mercedes Benz' logo is under each of the main decorations

Not many people around to see the lights

Trinita' dei Monti

A young guy was messing around with a laser pointer at the top of the Spanish Steps -it must have been fairly powerful

because he was also pointing the laser beam into the upper floor windows across the Piazza  (those with lights on)

This dentist obviously doesn't mind having an audience :)

Torino at night

Dusk and the lights have just come on

The evening passeggiata under snow lights made from recycled plastic bottles

Piazza Castello being set up for the marathon -should be exciting

More lights with a stellar theme

SIgns of the zodiac

Tagliatelle ai carciofi

Spaghetti con speck e asparagi

Poetry in lights -we haven't been to the beginning yet to follow it all the way through

Last night was beautiful -very clear and not too cold. It's foggy and going to rain today so it's good that we got some photos last night.