"This Civitavecchia is the finest nest of dirt, vermin, and ignorance we have found yet except that African perdition they call Tangier."
-Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad, Chapter XXV).
Sunday, September 4, 2011
What It's Like: Arrival at the Port of Rome Civitavecchia
"This Civitavecchia is the finest nest of dirt, vermin, and ignorance we have found yet except that African perdition they call Tangier."
-Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad, Chapter XXV).
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LOL!
ReplyDeleteAh, Samuel Clemens, the Lincoln of our literature!
ReplyDeleteA wretched hive of scum and villainy?
ReplyDeleteHa, that's funny! Mark Twain had such a sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteI read 'The Innocents Abroad' in high school.
Barb