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On our last night in Rome (or what I thought was our last night- our flight was cancelled and rebooked for the next day) I went out to…
I could have sworn I took a bunch of photos of this to create a pano but this was all I had on my computer. Not that there…
“The Temple of Saturn is the oldest temple in the forum, consecrated c. 498 B.C., and built earlier, during the period of the kings of Rome. It was…
Okay, I’ve said it over and over but holy cow, look how enormous they build their structures! I’m suprised there weren’t any other people (besides Chris and Karen)…
Our first full day in Rome consisted of going to the Forum, the Colosseum and the Pantheon. As well as churches we passed along the way and a…
This is another section of the Piazza del Campidoglio. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post I was just amazed by the beauty and the intricacy of these statues….
Piazza del Campidoglio was only a 10 minute walk (at most) from where we were staying. I passed by it often and was awed by the magnificient statues….
“The basilica was first built in the middle of the 5th century to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter while imprisoned in Jerusalem. According…
I admit I may have added a little vibrancy that deepened the blue but I really didn’t need to. The weather was absolutely gorgeous when we were in…
We interrupt this week of Rome images with a special selection of photos from the 4th of July weekend. After weeks and weeks of rainy days we were…
We did a lot of walking in Rome (as we had done in southern Italy). Basically, we just got up in the morning, ate breakfast and then headed…
We picked a good week in April to be in Italy. It just happened to be Culture Week, where the objective is to increase cultural knowledge and the…
While it’s quite the architectural masterpiece this building is extremely ostentatious. Although, it was a good landmark to help me find my way around. You could see the…
Once we settled into our hotel we went out to explore our surroundings. The closest ruins to us is called, Largo di Torre Argentina. It is a square…
We left Sorrento on Thursday, April 23rd and took the train to Naples. In Naples we grabbed another train to Rome. Instead of taking the high speed train…
A good book, sunny skies, water at your feet, no place to be…who could ask for anything more?! As I mentioned we were lucky enough to have one…
I went off into the woods to see if I could get a couple of shots of the water flowing down the stream. As I was fighting my…
I really like the look of this old bridge. It’s falling apart so we don’t walk on it. It’s located only about twenty feet from the back door….
When I first went out in the kayak I brought my little Powershot Canon camera with me. I took some shots of the cabin, lily pads, and then…
This week I’m taking an intermission from the Italy trip to bring you some photos from my trip up to Maine. Don’t worry I’ll pickup with Italy again…
Our last full day in southern Italy turned out to be the best day we had had up to this point. A perfect day to visit the Isle…
Since this was our last full day in southern Italy and we were back at the Isle of Capri it seemed obvious that we should take a little…
Instead of taking the little yellow bus back down the mountain we decided to walk. We had already walked from Capri Town down to the marina so we…
Here are a couple of more images from Monte Solaro, as discussed in yesterday’s post. When we took the chairlift ride up the mountain I had assumed we…
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