Spot a Cardinal's hat shop window
Near the Vatican, find a religious-supply shop selling cardinal's red hats, bishop's crooks, rosaries (especially around Borgo Pio). Photograph the window.
Spot a Fiat 500
Find a classic Fiat 500 (the round little 1960s version, or even the modern one) parked on a cobblestone street. Photograph the small body.
Spot a gelato cone
Find a gelato cone with at least two flavours in someone's hand or stacked behind glass at a gelateria (Giolitti, San Crispino, Old Bridge). Photograph it before it melts.
Spot a moka stove-top coffee pot
Find a Bialetti moka pot in a shop window, on a café counter or behind a glass display. The eight-sided aluminium silhouette. Photograph it.
Spot a nasone fountain
Find a nasone (the iron drinking fountains scattered through Rome with a long curved spout). Photograph someone drinking from it or the water arc.
Spot a panino or supplì
Find a panino (Italian sandwich) or a fried supplì (rice-and-ragù croquette) at a counter or in someone's hand. Photograph it before the first bite.
Spot a papal flag
Find a yellow-and-white papal flag with the crossed-keys emblem (Vatican area, religious shops, in front of churches). Photograph it.
Spot a pasta plate
Find a plate of pasta on a trattoria table or in a restaurant window (cacio e pepe, carbonara, amatriciana, gricia, the four Roman classics). Photograph the plate.
Spot a piazza statue with pigeons
Find any major Roman statue (Bernini's Four Rivers, Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline) with pigeons perched on it. Photograph the irreverent gathering.
Spot a Roman artichoke (carciofo)
Find a carciofo alla romana (Roman-style artichoke) on a trattoria menu or counter. Photograph the silver-green flower.
Spot a Roman cobblestone (sampietrino)
Find a sampietrino, the small black basalt cube Rome's streets are paved with. Photograph a stretch of road close-up.
Spot a Roman laundry line
Look up in Trastevere or Monti and find laundry strung between two windows across a narrow street. Photograph the line.
Spot a Roman ruin in everyday use
Find Roman ruins built into modern life: a column embedded in a wall, a temple foundation under a building, a statue in a hotel lobby. Photograph the time-layered shot.
Spot a Trastevere ivy facade
Wander Trastevere's side streets and find a facade covered in ivy, jasmine or bougainvillea. Photograph the green.
Spot a Vespa
Find a Vespa scooter parked or in motion (Rome has more Vespas than nearly any city). Photograph the chrome and the rider.
Spot an aperitivo Aperol spritz
Find an Aperol spritz (orange, with the white-rim glass) on a café table. The afternoon ritual. Photograph the orange.
Spot an espresso cup
Find a small espresso cup (caffè) on a bar counter or saucer. Photograph the crema on top.
Spot an obelisk
Find an Egyptian obelisk in a Roman square (there are thirteen across the city, more than in Egypt itself: Piazza Navona, Piazza del Popolo, San Giovanni). Photograph one against the sky.
Spot an SPQR plaque
Find an SPQR plaque (Senatus Populusque Romanus) on a public fountain, manhole cover, lamp post or bin. Rome uses it as its modern logo too. Photograph the letters.
Spot pizza al taglio
Find pizza al taglio (rectangular pizza sold by weight) at a Roman pizzeria. Photograph the long pan with different toppings.
Spot the Bernini colonnade
Walk into St. Peter's Square and find Bernini's curved colonnade arms reaching around. Photograph the columns receding.
Spot the Colosseum
Find the Colosseum from a viewpoint (any side, from the Forum, or Palatine Hill). Photograph the arches against the sky.
Spot the Fontana delle Tartarughe
Find the Fountain of the Turtles (Fontana delle Tartarughe) on Piazza Mattei. Four bronze boys lift four turtles to drink. Photograph one of the turtles.
Spot the Italian tricolor
Find an Italian flag (vertical green-white-red) flying on a building, balcony or government facade. Photograph the colours.