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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
Tourists protect themselves with umbrellas from the falling snow in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum on Feb. 3.
Massimo Percossi / EPA
A man cycles through a snow storm in Rome, Italy, on Feb 3. Reports state that the severe cold has killed more than 100 people across Europe, where temperatures have in some areas have plummeted.
Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images
Women walk near the Trevi fountain during snowfalls on Feb. 3 in Rome.
AP reports:
Thick snowflakes fell in Rome on Friday, a rare occurrence for a capital usually blessed by a temperate climate, and other parts of the country experienced frigid temperatures unseen in years.
The snowfall prompted authorities to stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the former home of Rome's ancient emperors.
The last substantial snowfalls in Rome were in 1985 and 1986, though there have been other cases of lighter snow since then, including in 2010.
See recent photos of the harsh winter Europe is experiencing.
Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images
Scooters and motorbikes are covered with snow as they are parked downtown Rome on Feb. 3. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on Friday as temperatures in the Alpine region of Piedmont in northern Italy went as low as minus 22 Fahrenheit.
Tiziana Fabi / AFP - Getty Images
People walk on St Peter's square covered by snow on Feb. 3 at the Vatican. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on Friday.
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Mamma mia!!!!!
ROME; Where Women are encouraged and allowed to be the BEAUTIFUL Beings they Are: WOMEN!!! OoohYeahhhh...........
We like Rome.............. and it's women in heels.
There's nothing more sexy than a LADY with "qualified feet" wearing sexy shoes. And in the snow. Very nice. Kudos to cool toes.
Ok all of you have a foot fetish......there is a reason they did not take photo of their faces...lol
How dare they only show the shoes.
The greatest part about high heels happens further up.
They modify the posture, mainly the posterior.
Bingo! No cracked heels from crocs, yellow toenails, or just plain dirty feet. (I think I just described a trip to Wal Mart)
I was hoping they'd show some Roman women with their hairy armpits...yeah, baby...
Uhm... Sorry to disappoint you, but Roman women don't have hairy armpits. Those were in vogue back in the 1970s and '80s, at the latest.
That picture of the women in heels in the snow looks cold
looks hot to me
Yeah, cause frostbite is sooooo sexy.
I can't label the hottness of a women just by their feet. And heels in the snow would make me think that they are not too bright either. I wonder how many times they slipped onto their bum?
Evidently MSN has not checked out what women where in college towns in the winter.... ;) oh yeah
We had a dusting of snow over ice a few weeks back and the emergency wards and clinics were PACKED with folks with broken limbs, sprains, dislocations etc. etc. so I can imagine how overtaxed the health authorities must be in Rome which is a much bigger city and with lunatics strutting around in high heels.
I remember a doctor talking about how Japanese teenage girls were getting fractured ankles and other foot injuries because they wore heels to the beach/sand. It's all about the fashion baby!!
I'm with you Dan. IDK how cold it is, that's a sexy look.
How do you know they're women?
Nice to see a country without "cankles"!
By looking at their feet. A man (even your best cross dresser) can't hide a "dudes foot".
You obviously haven't been around much Lloyd.
I've been around enough to know the difference between a mans foot and womans. Oh how I wish we could do a blind test!!! I'd put up $100!!!
You've got a lot of sole Lloyd. I like that. A woman's foot is as beautiful as the arch in the small of their backs. It cannot be duplicated! Excellent design!
Thanks Sir. I see you appreciate some of the same things as I. When it comes to feet, well, I was raised in Hawaii, and have seen just about everything when it comes to feet, including women who were victim of 'foot binding' (they were old women by now). Trust me, those Ladies in the photo have pretty feet.
lol... I might regret saying this (spitting in the eye of fate) but I fell, HARD, on the ice 2 weeks ago while I was wearing my ugly, flat boots to make a run outside. However, I have NEVER fallen on ice in heels. I tend to use the heel to dig in to the ice to help my balance. Of course, I find sandals to be a bit ridiculous looking in 6 inches of snow.. but close toed and such are totally do-able.
But.. I am not as keen to wear them in the sand. I could see that being a real big problem. lol
keep_it_cool,
I'd love to see more ladies will follow your lead, for safety's sake. Now if you can only come up with as good a reason to promote skirts over pants, I'd be ever so grateful.
lol I had to read that more than once.. thinking, why would people want to layer skirts over pants?
Sorry though, I can't think of a utilitarian reason to wear skirts vs pants.. I just like to wear skirts, but I like pants too. Especially when it's -10 degrees. :)
Only in Rome? Guess the writer's never been to Manhattan. Stylin' shoes take priority over weather, any time! :-)
Only in Rome? What do you think platform heels were invented for?
Perhaps their President has a thing for licking the Rock Salt between the toes.
ewwwwwwwww.
This article is late, I lived in Sweden for a minute and not only did I see women walking in them in the snow, I saw them riding bikes! Granted, they were not going far, but they did it!
Welcome to Italy, the Mexico of Europe.
That sounds like an incorrect analogy. Mexico doesn't produce some of the best designs in the world, or the best exotic cars in world, or it doesn't have one of the highest standards of living in the world. Also, the rest of Europe doesn't have an illegal immigration problem with Italy. I'm afraid your comparison is rather weak .
The flag, jet black hair, overwhelmingly Catholic, to the south of its economically superior neighbors, warm climate
Yeah, no similarities at all.
Give me a georgeous Italian woman over a georgeous Mexican woman any day! (With apologies to the ladies reading this post).
All women are beautiful....some more so than others.
I met one of the most beautiful women in my life in Italy. She looked like she was right out of a Renaissance painting. Lustrous black hair, jade green eyes and opalescent skin. Turns out she was Mexican. Beautiful women are everywhere.
And comparing Italy to Mexico is a bad analogy. How many illegal Italians do you hear about risking their lives to get to Switzerland?
I could talk about hot babes all day! How's about Brazil? GREAT diverse gene pool there. OOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I used to wear heels all the time - and even at my craziest I would never have worn open toed shoes in the snow. Now, a closed toe pump? That was something else entirely...
I hope you're of the female persuasian
Does it matter? ;)
true, I am not the biggest fan of OT, I have always thought that would let in too much moisture. normally when its cold I do HH boots..
not to me personally, just wonerin' ;-)
forgot the D (above)
.....drunkin' slurrr
Those Women in those stilt shoes?
J U S T S T U P I D !
I'd love to be a fly on the wall and see these Geniuses in their shoes when they're in their 40's 50's and 60's.
I'd be laughing my ass off!
Have you every been to Rome? Those women are probably in their 40's or 50's. Women dress A LOT nicer in Europe than in America. They take extremely good care of themselves and have great genes.
I disagree, I think Americans have the best genes due to a more diverse gene pool. It's the processed food/alcohol/coffee/pop/sedentary lifestyle that f*cks it all up. By Europeans, I hope you meant to leave out English people; they're just plain butt ugly. I saw three chicks at the grocery store last night better looking than Pippa Middleton.
Gloria, you can go to the beach in Italy and see women older than that in a two piece bathing suit.
Tony, you have a problem with old women in 2-piece suits? lol Don't go to the beach anywhere near where I live. How about old guys in speedos?
zupercram, I'm with you on the English/Brits. It's frightening and you're correct about the gene pool. They're basically all related and come in, oh, four or five "flavors". I can spot them a mile away. Yeah, I can't get over how they gush about Kate Middleton's "rare beauty"--Pippa is better looking and you probably would see 3 women better looking than she is at a grocery store or (gasp!) even a Walmart near me.
You'll see a lot more than that eventually. Many places are clothing optional. And, talk about thongs!18 to 80, no kidding.
@Imatthebeach - you are so correct about those old guys in speedos. In some cases you cannot see the speedos due to the gut. Absolutely gross.
No I do not Imatthebeach, I was trying to make a point to Gloria. As a matter of fact, I loved seeing them in two piece bathing suits, and I've seen some beautiful older women in Europe wearing two piece bathing suits, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy, it does wonders for my morale.
Imatthebeach: I don't know about Walmart!
@Gloria Fabiashci - I happen to be 59 yrs old, 5'2", 128 lbs., live in the US. and wear heels ALL the time. During winter months I'll switch from clogs, to platforms, to open toed, to closed toed, and to sandals according to what I happen to be wearing. Stairs are no problem. I can even run in heels. I do not get cramps or muscle aches from wearing heels but my feet do ache when I wear flats. In fact, I trip all over my feet when I wear flats. It's all a matter of what you are conditioned to. btw - stockings are a great insulator and high heels keep the hems of pants/slacks/jeans from dragging and getting wet. Oh, and yeah - I happen to be of feminine persuasion.
I gotta agree with Not Happy.. at least about how the women look. Generally speaking the women were far better dressed, certainly healthier looking and even my very nice looking girlfriend commented mutliple times about how attractive the Italian women were.
i swat flies on my wall...
Ish, she has toe overhang on her stilettos! Gross!
i used to work in a bowling alley for over 5 years
i had a 9/10 accuracy guess rate for size of shoe whenever a guy came in.
that dropped to a 1/10 for women. they always suggested anywhere from half to 2 sizes smaller than i suggested.
bad judgement? no. most women want to be known for having small feet, not be the (seemingly) bigfoots they sometimes are.
on a sidenote, 8+ (in the US) tends to be about the size women will start saying they are a full size smaller at.
as for my own opinion? dont matter big or small, pretty or not, your feet all stink and i sprayed them TWICE AND THREE TIMES when you left in front of everyone to let them know you had SMELLY FEET!
lol no i kid, but i know you all thought i did that too!
To those who appreciate the beauty of a well cared for foot, this affliction is known simply as the "Shrimp Cocktail" effect.
Well you know what the say ........."When in Rome .......print some crap that is hardly news worthy"
So it is cold in Europe, last winter it froze in Florida, not global warming just cyclic weather patterns!
Slow news day eh?
Always on Friday.
nothing like pretty feet in heels!
Man after my own heart...... couldn't agree more.
PValdes & Cherub,
It's news if we read it and we did. It falls under human interest stories and the real story anyway was about the unusual weather.
Come to North Dakota, a place where 40 degrees is warm enough to wear flip-flops and shorts. Then again...it does get to about 110 in the summer...
lol I hear that! After months of 0-30 degrees, 40 is balmy. I always get early spring fever cause of it..
When in Rome do as the Romans do!
people dont need much down south till it snows
Thats true, you do see that in Roma in the winter time, but I was mostly looking at the women attached to those feet.
whores
yeah, the shoes are always a dead give away.......
scary: You sound... kind of... scary. Or al Qaeda, which is even more scary.
Women wearing stilletos in the snow is nothing new. Here in Minnesota where it is snowy most winters, (this year is different) Women wear them, sometimes it's stilleto boots but they also wear stilleto shoes and sandels too. Can you say orthopedic surgeon's dream? I knew you could.
So true. I mostly gave up the heels a long time ago - still wear them occasionally but not daily like I used to do - and I have great feet with no aches and pains and no back trouble either. I love the look of them, but they really aren't great to wear on a regular basis.
heels get really good traction in ice ad snow, better than snow tires. But I would have worn some tights with them.
and we would have loved to have seen you dressed that way, I assure you.
Darwin, anyone?
Yuck, I know what it feels like to get water inside your heeled sandals as it rains pretty much every afternoon in the summer here, and it feels disgusting, especially if it's muddy water. I can't imagine how awful it must feel to have cold, occasionally filthy water (snow) soaking your feet all day long. I would switch to heeled boots or a closed pump instead if it were that cold.
Don't have to see their faces. I can tell they are hot. Next time you are out at the mall take a look at the majority of women dressed nice and in heels. Attractive and thin. Now look at the cows in sweat pants and crocs. Need a say more? Call it what you will, I don't care. The women on here who make fun of those in Rome are just jelous and too overweight to look good. Hate that the truth hurts, but sometimes it does.
Lolz! My wife is 5'2" and weighs barely 100 pounds. Stiletto "booties" in the winter (is THAT what the f*ck they call those?!) in the winter, and platform sandals in the summer. Funny, WOMEN think she "over-dresses" when we're out in public (i.e- a restaurant) but hell - I never do!
You know, the men in the USA could stand to smarten up their dress as well. I see way more women dressed up then I do men.
Leon-
I don't think this discussion thread is really trying to center around "attractive & thin" vs. "overweight" women wearing high heels. I believe what some people on this thread are trying to say is that it's a dumb idea to wear open-toed stilettos in snow, no mater what country you're in or how good it looks. It appears these people suffer from an absence of common sense.