Archive for Michaelangelo

Rome – All The Roads Lead Nowhere (Pilgrimage)

July 5, 2005 at 1:14 am · Filed under Architecture, Italy, Michaelangelo, UNESCO

There are street names but no street signs, the bus maps are close to useless and the tourist information is no help at all. We had to ask for directions along the WHOLE way. Eventually for the last few stops we resorted to taxis to get from landmark to landmark. Just can’t be bothered saving anymore, we only have one day to see everything.

colosseum

Colosseum. Many “gladiators” outside provoking us for photos.

sanpietro

vaticansign

Some people could not get in because they were “dressed inappropriately”. The smarter ones brought scarfs and sarungs.

pantheon

Pantheon. The span is at least 20 metres, built 380 A.D. I think. Civil and Structural engineers, there’s no keystone in the middle. Architects, there’s no glazing for the 2 metres gap, what about the rain? Now Go Figure!!

fontanatrevi

Fontana di Trevi. I saw some people fully dipping their heads in, and others drinking from it. Ewww…

spanishsteps

Spanish Steps. At night lots of people just hang out here, other than that, nothing special.

Oh yea, I also managed to bump into the Italian stage for Live 8 at the Ancient Auditorium.

liveeight

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Florence – Home of the Renaissance Masters

July 4, 2005 at 11:53 am · Filed under Architecture, Italy, Michaelangelo, UNESCO

Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello … and rest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all come from this place.

david

David’s butt, a less famous view but just as finely sculpted by Michaelangelo.

vecchio

The famous Ponte Vecchio, rows of shops on a bridge. What’s with the squatting motif beside a river?

duomo

The Duomo, impossible to grab a snapshot of the entire building.

By the weirdest coincedence, we met someone from UNSW! She was standing two persons behind us while queuing for David. Junyi and Jeff were stunned staring at each other for 5 seconds.

Funny bit is she decided to tour Italy only a few days ago, but to meet of all cities in Italy, in such a big place as Florence, to be in the same queue, two people apart, at the same time, is just …

junyi

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