https://pavelhala.com/tags/rome/ Recent content in Rome on ph Hugo en-us 2024 Pavel Hála All rights reserved Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://pavelhala.com/posts/american-scipio/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://pavelhala.com/posts/american-scipio/ <p>I was sitting in a diner, one that looked like it had come straight out of <em>Pulp Fiction</em>, eating and watching the TV in the corner. It was June 2004, and the TV was showing a large gathering of people, all dressed in black. I noticed Governor Schwarzenegger in the crowd.</p> <p>As I later found out, the event was taking place just one valley over from where I was eating that day, at the <strong>Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.</strong> It was Reagan’s funeral. Of course, I knew who Reagan was, but I only realized much later how consequential his presidency had been for America and the world we live in today.</p>