Storm approaches!
Aw, just like a Monet painting.... can you imagine an Australian toddler in this dress??
Sunday at the Plaza Mignanelli (near the Medici Villa, up top)
He's had a hard life.......
I was there!
Roman Cats sunbaking
Area Sacra, near the Ducati Caffee
Ducati Caffee!
A REAL Roman helmet!
Colloseum photos
Max, the suave Italian guide
Entrance to the Colloseum
One of the poor horses who have to wait all day for bloody tourists!
Bob & June, Aussies we met near the Colloseum
Aussie Made Andreas, from the airportI'm sure I've got tar up the back of my calves..... I've just walked up dei Fiori Imperiali, the road Mussolini built through the middle of Rome and the bitumen is melting! It's not even that hot. They close the road on Sundays and there seems to be a bicycle day on...again. This happened in New York and Paris too.
We couldn't have been luckier with the weather and yesterday, while being guided through the Palatino (hill that has the ruins of the Emporer's palace, near Il Coloseo), a fantastic thunder storm brewed and we thought we'd get soaked. It ended up only providing a brilliant backdrop for photos of the ruins. This 5 oclock tour was part two of the one we'd taken in the morning to see the Coloseum. It's a good idea to take the tour as you get a better explanation of the whole story. Our suave Italian guide, Max, had a great voice and was incredibly knowledgable and confident. As Tim said, you almost forgot what he was saying as you were entranced by his voice.
In between the tours we headed to the new Ducati Caffee for lunch, very schmick.
Tim and I went in different directions today and now we know Rome like the backs of our hands, yep! I did some shopping and looked for the small galleries but as it's Sunday, most weren't open. I wandered through the equivalent of Woollahra, window shopping the ridiculously expensive designer shops; Giorgio Armani, Dolce&Gabbana, Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo, Roberto Cavalli and of course, Sergio Rossi shoes.
There's a big storm rolling in again tonight, it's quite tropical!?
I was just thinking, when you visit somewhere, it turns the two dimensional picture into a three dimensional experience, and you have the feel for a place, even if it is only a short time. Seeing images on BBC news of places we've been, I have a new perspective on that place. They are real now.
How many children did you see wearing those clothes? I agree experiencing a place is so different than turning pages in a book. My example is so mudane but I felt it the first timee andmybe the only time i went to motor bike races. No picture could replace the smell and the atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful description of the travel experience! As I was walking through the Medieval village section of Canterbury, and saw the beautiful little homes with the overhang onto the street, I realised that the 3D experience just makes all the reading and TV doco's make sense. Missing you heaps...seems like you have been gone for ages
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I remember Canterbury, gorgeous. Some of those houses are so out of whack it's a wonder they stay up! I'm missing you all heaps too. Looking forward to returning to my oasis. It has been a fab trip though. We've had a great time together with lots of laughs and silliness.
ReplyDeleteWe only drove through Canterbury in a bus so I may urge Judith to go there in October with me..what do you think? I think we were going to head west in the first place. How many is *** as far as shoes are concerned? Do you want me to demolish the pyramid in readiness? Carmen thought Venice to be dirty etc etc. It was twenty years ago but I found it exceedingly romantic and could ignore the mustiness but of course it maybe worse after another twenty years of tourists.
ReplyDeleteYes, I definately think Canterbury is worth a visit. I loved anything I saw of Kent.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if anyone would ask about the ** shoes. Two, to be precise. You will understand when you see them. Venice is good, worth a visit, but I'm happy to only be here two nights. It's not as 'dirty' as Carmen put but there is rubbish all over Europe. I bet it smelt much worse a hundred years ago!! It is just too touristy and full of tourists, ha ha.
That was Jane, by the way
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