Friday, 7 March 2008

Crooked Houses and Red Lights! (Amsterdam)

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Early one morning on a walk, we spotted this house.  Jason had to take a picture of it, well, because look at it!  It looks as though its ab...

A Fond Farewell! (Amsterdam)

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A lovely canal-side goodbye!  A fitting end, don't you think?
Thursday, 24 January 2008

Enough already. The break has been too long.

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I have been totally slacking off.  I know it.  Shame on me.  Well, that's all going to stop now.  I have so much to catch up on.  First ...
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Easy Peasy... (Rome, Italy)

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A quick flight to the airport, a short train ride into the city centre, a short walk from the train station to our hotel, and viola!  We are...

Our first stop. (Rome, Italy)

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Palazzo Barberini and Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain).  Not only was this palazzo and fountain very close to our hotel, I had request...

Trevi Fountain. Oh yeah! (Rome, Italy)

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By now, nightfall had set in and we thought it might be a "quiet" time to visit the Trevi Fountain.  "The backdrop for the fo...

Piazza Colonna (Rome, Italy)

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"Piazza Colonna is a piazza at the center of the Rione of Colonna in the historic heart of Rome, Italy. It is named for the marble C...

Dome. Dome. Dome. (Rome, Italy)

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I am standing in front of the Pantheon.  "The Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to 'all the god...

Here's the cool thing about Rome...

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There are ruins everywhere.  I mean everywhere.  You might be looking at this photo thinking we are somewhere important.  You would be wrong...

The Roman Forum (Rome, Italy)

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The Roman Forum is filled with ruins.  Seriously.  Its hard to blog about.  There is just so much stuff.  Columns, basilicas, temples, and s...

Another one for the cat lovers! Roman cats! (Italy)

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This is one of my favourite pictures!  I love the ruins and the black cat.  They are so striking against each other.   

Colosseum -- Just what you have been waiting for! (Rome, Italy)

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First things, first.  The crowds.  Like everything else in Rome, always remember you are never alone!  Once inside, well, the crowds slightl...

Trajan's Market

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Rome is to ruins as Europe is to churches.  I am certain that all the church pictures were getting a bit tiring.  But its Europe, its filled...

Subway O'Rama! (Rome, Italy)

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Its a miracle that Rome can have a subway at all.  Seriously, think about it.  Digging a subway tunnel in a city as rich as that??  Well, th...

Finally, what you've all been waiting for!

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The inside of the Vatican!  Ready?   The entrance to Vatican City!! Once inside, our tour group paused in this courtyard for some history on...

Vatican City a la Wikipedia!

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"Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is ...

The Inner Courtyard! (Vatican City)

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The first inner courtyard.  Our (actually everyone's) first official stop before proceeding into the museums.  There are many people and...

The Sistine Chapel. (Vatican City)

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Since the chapel has been renovated, people are no longer allowed to take photographs or videos inside.  So I copied this photograph from th...

Garden of Statues (Vatican City)

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Before entering the museums, there is a garden of statues.  Jason was in love with the statues so here are some of his prize photos.