Rome | Hotel Eden | Los Angeles | anita ekberg

What did you do when you got up? The Hotel Eden has this beautiful terrace. So I would go upstairs and have my coffee and croissants, and then I would go on a 30- to 40-minute walk. That is how I started my day. I try to do that here. I love Los Angeles, but it just does not happen here the way it happens in Rome.

Tell me about something that happened to you in Rome. My most incredible memory is my first day of sightseeing. I had my guidebook with me, and it was pouring rain. I was trying to look at the map and get to this destination. I forget where I was headed, but it was not the Trevi Fountain. What happened was - in the pouring rain - I was kind of lost, and I looked up, and I had stumbled upon the Trevi Fountain. It was during the day but at twilight, so that's why I could not tell where I was. It was the most perfect setting, because you still had some light, but there was no sun, and it was raining, and there was the Trevi Fountain. It was one of the most amazing moments of my life, because I found it accidentally. I was in tears. I was in awe of how beautiful [it was]. What a visual. I don't even know what words I can use to describe it. I was so taken by the grandness of it. It's one of those memories I think about and I get chills. It was spectacular. You know how a lot of times you see things in movies and they appear much more beautiful or grandiose? They seem much more special on the big screen. That is not the case with the Trevi Fountain. There is something iconic about [Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita] going into the fountain, and you think, Oh my God! - but to see it in person, it is so much more beautiful. I love that.