Stepping into Cafe Tortoni feels like stepping into a place in history. I just knew that someone at one of the little marble tables was working on the next important South American literary work. I love this place and want to go back. Of course Gene says I always like "old things."
We had decided to pick out a cafe from the guidebook and take a taxi there so that Gene wouldn't need to do any walking while we see some of the famous places. Founded in 1858, Cafe Tortoni has always been known as the meeting place of intellectuals, politicians and artists. The walls are filled with history. The same marble tables that served the literary giants and revolutionaries of the past, and in recent years, Juan Carlos, King of Spain, and Hillary Rodham Clinton are there waiting for us.
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