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[landmineblogging]

drinking water is such a cool thing to do i love going to the club to drink water with my friends. i love gaming with some good water. mmm yeah crisp and cold. maybe even with some frozen water squares inside the water cup. i am sipping right from the shower nozzle. my flesh has become soggy

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TOURISM TIPS: Aqua, water, wasser, eau, H20 - Big Noses in Rome

A bit off topic, but since it’s a tourist season I decided to compile a list of Big Noses ( “water posts”) of Rome. Of course this list is just off the top of my head, so there are surely plenty more of them. Add yours...:-)

1. Trajans market Climb the stairway that leads to the musei fori imperiali (Trajan’s forum), walk past the museum entrance  & street that runs downhill (right).After 10-20  meters walk or so take a next corner to the right and you’ll find a Big Nose there (next to a roundabout). Centrally located and one of my favourite “refueling points”. Other people seem to like it too, since there is frequently a queue.

2. Forum Romanum, Colosseum, Capitolium and Palatinum.

There is a sort of a fountain next to the entrance of metro station. Water comes straight from a wall, but in this case it’s “aqua potable”. Also ca. 10 years ago there was a “water post” on the opposite side of metro entrance and also at the foot of the stairs that lead to Palatine Hill. Don’t know though if they are still in use. On Capitoline Hill, behind Palazzo Senatorio there is also a “water post”

3. Campus Martius

A Big Nose can be found on the western side of Piazza Campo dei Fiori (next to the statue of Giordano Bruno). There is also a Big Nose at Largo di Torre di Argentina. It’s located on the Nort-Eastern side of the archaeological area. The third waterpost that I can recall is on Via dei Banchi Vecchi that runs parallel to Corso Vittorio Emmanuele. For me this was a real gem, since I had run out of water and was jumping of joy when i heard a familiar sound of Big Nose  :). Oddly enough I can’t recall any water posts on the northern side of the area, but surely there must be them (not along the main streets of Corso or Via dei Ripetta  though - IIRC)

4. Aventinus

There is a Big Nose and also a water fountain at Parco degli  Aranci (one of my favurite places in Rome btw). Two of the photos are actually taken there

5. Trastevere, Janiculum and Vatican area

My remembrances are a bit vague on this part, but in any case it’s a pretty sweaty climb from Trastevere to Gianigolo. I somehow recall that that there is a “fueling point” near Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. I’m not sure about this but at least there is  a one water post at the halfway of the ascent (intersection of V. Garibaldi and   V . Gottfriedo Mamelli). I somehow recall that there is also a Big Nose near the top of Gianicolo Hill though I’m not sure of this either. As for northern part of Gianicolo and Vatican area water posts are few and far between. The only one that I can remember is located on Via delle Consiliazione pretty close to river Tiber (on the right side of the street seen from St Peter’s basilica).

6. Railway station area

There is a water post at the Northernmost point of Piazza dei Cincuecento (close to the intersection of Viale  Enrico de Nicola and Via Marsala.) This is a good place to fill up your water bottle(s) since IIRC there are zero Big noses on the three main streets (Cavour, Nazionale and XX Settembre) that lead from Termini area towards Forum Romanum. And btw, if you need other refreshments there is a pretty good grocery store just one block away (between V. Gaeta, Solferino and Volturno).

7. Parco degli Aqcuedotti

IIRC on Via Lemonia, just before the entrance to the park there is a playground where you’ll find a water post. Also on Viale Giulio Agricola - a street that leads from metro station to the park - there is a grocery store where you can buy all sort of refreshments. And I certainly recommend  that you fill your water bottle(s) before you enter the park, since I couldn’t see any Big Noses there.

[melaniemadethis]

[catching up still!] Draft of Waterpost No. 21, for Laurie - Carnaval in Pelourinho, Salvador. I think I can confidently say I was the only person doing drawn journalism in Salvador during the 2nd day of Carnaval. This was my absolute favorite bloco, drum corps, Bizoro Avoador - a strong, tight, clear and joyous organism of 30 people playing maracatu. The women at the front danced while they played, skirts and feet cutting left and right, sometimes kneeling to the ground. What do you call beauty so insistent that it is power, or rhythms so strong in their wordlessness that they tell the story of every thing?

[melaniemadethis]

[still catching up] Waterpost No. 20 - for Avery - Praia do Forte, Bahia. Avery was very first person to buy a Waterpost from me! And this is another favorite - the most popular boat in the bay, kids climbing up the sides and throwing themselves back into the water.

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[catch up] Waterpost No. 17 for Laura - Basement. On my last day in Salvador, we took an unintentional pilgrimage to find the basement of this church, Senhora do Monte do Carmo. Between their days working to build Pelourinho, the old center of Salvador, slaves would sleep in this basement, and sometimes escape through the floor. Sitting there i had a new realization of the vast collection of stunning work done by these unnamed people, from these Bahian churches to the White House of my own country. What would it be like, to craft something with such precision, and know my name would never be a part of its memory?

[melaniemadethis]

[Backlog!] Waterpost No. 19 for Dan - Praia Imbassaí, Bahia. This napping father got up halfway through me drawing his hand, but I actually kind of love this painting. Almost as surreal as the  coconut trees swaying their hips, framing the river that flows into the sea.