Every morning we ate fresh fruit from the market near our Apartment in Rome. The produce there is fantastic - the best figs and melon I've ever tasted.
Novona Piazza in Rome, and some buskers you actually want to pay. I love this song.
The Forum in Roma. It was pretty hot that day - Dad resembled Matt Holm during his valedictory. 
More of the Forum, ancient Rome's center of civilisation. 
The Colosseum.
Colosseum from the inside.
"And who were the lowest class of citizen, who had to stand all the way up the back of the stadium?" Asked our tour guide at this point.
"The slaves?", someone chimed.
"No. No no no." He said, pausing for effect. "It was... the women!"
He then proceeded to high-five all the males of the group.
Not long after that, he demonstrated how to use the ancient bidet in the passage. Apparently, they where also a privilege denied women at the Colosseum - *high-fives*.
Now for some Florence...
The Duomo in Florence. Very ornate, but this is my favorite cathedral so far.
A fountain in the Boboli Gardens, behind the Pitti Palace in Florence. 
Perseus, having slain Medusa. Outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Everyone goes by bike... with no respect for pedestrians. Zebra crossings are navigated through force of personality alone (rarely lights, and no one stops - you need serious confidence to stop traffic).
(I do have a video of St Paul's Basilica, but have been having trouble uploading, so i'll edit this post later. )
We did go to the Sistine Chapel, but (fun fact here) you aren't allowed to take photographs, not because a photo might damage the frescoes, but because the Japanese company who sponsored it's restoration now have rights over the images.
The colours are pretty spectacular, but they dim the lights so it's kind of hard to see. Apparently it was Michelangelo's first shot at frescoing, and I gotta say he wasn't bad for a newbie. Seeing all this art is a major highlight for me... can't wait for France ^_^
Ok, it seams the remainder of my pics are on Dad's usb... will upload more when I can. Grrr. Maybe words are easier....
4 comments:
That's right, hi5 for dudes! Speaking of dudes, did Perseus slay Medusa because he made a joke about how small Perseus' todj was?
whoo-hoo, Nippon Pride~! that's right, no pictures of important artworks coz japan says 'NO!'
im surprised you didnt shove that tourguides head into the bidet, i wouldve
Aidan, Perseus is lucky to have a todg after the Catholics going on their little rampage either castrating statues or strategically placing vineleaves over "the area" :D
Well it all makes sense then:
Perseus kills Medusa in defense of his todj.
The Catholics go around maiming statues' penes (check your dictionary. thats the actual plural of penis).
The catholics remember what happened to the last muppet who tried to dis Perseus' little fella.
The Catholics leave him alone.
It all follows the pattern.
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