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Day 4 Rome
Day 4 Rome – Today is my last day in Rome, as well Italy. Sad to leave as I have encountered so much beauty here and made great new friends. I started the day off by visiting another country and the smallest in the world in fact, Vatican City. Such incredible history in just one large area. I went into the Vatican Museum and witnessed some of the most amazing artworks, including of course the masterpiece Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. Then it was onto St Peter’s Basilica the large church which is built upon the apostle Peter’s tomb. After the Vatican I went onto the Castel Sant Angelo. …
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Day 3 Rome
Day 3 Rome – Today was another perfect day although a tad hot. Forced me to buy a hat, and after much bartering, got one for a massive 5 euro. I spent three quarters of the day at the Palatino (Palatine) and Foro Romano (Roman Forum). They are located next to the Colosseum. There was a bit of ground to cover and was quite exhausting, but worth it in the end as you see ancient Rome at its best. I went into the ruins of the Emporor Augustus house with perfectly preserved remnants of Roman frescoes on the walls that are over 2000 years old. From the top of the Palatino…
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Day 2 Rome
Day 2 Rome – The perfect day here in the Eternal City. Blue skies and pleasant temperature greeted me as I started my walk around Rome. First stop was the Piazza Navona, then I went to the Pantheon which when inside blew my mind. It is the resting place of the famous painter Rapheal and the open roof lets this beam of sunlight in which made for a great shot with the 10mm lens. From there I went to the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and then finally to the inside of the Colosseum. Very impressed with all I saw, but I want to tell of a nice moment I witnessed…
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Day 1 Rome
Day 1 Rome – On the train here today you could just tell you were getting close to Rome. The telltale signs of fields of olive trees or other produce with the simple “roman” style home in the middle. Small parts of ruins started to come into the picture and soon enough I was at Roma Termini. As I expected Rome is a busy city and also “touristy”. This afternoon I went for a walk to the Colosseum for something to quickly do before dinner. I did not go inside as I ran out of time, but it is a pretty impressive structure. Will venture inside in the coming days…
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Day 4 Venice
Day 4 Venice – Today was my last day in Venice and it was also the best. It started early up at 5am and the great thing about that was I had St Mark’s Square all to myself. That meant I could get some good wide shots without any people in them. It also gave me the opportunity to just take in the beautiful designs on the buildings and think about the history that was attached to them. As the sun came up it gave everything a subtle glow. Such a contrast between when the place is full of tourists and when it is empty. I’ll take the empty option anyday. After…
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Day 3 Venice
Day 3 Venice – Today was the best day I have had with the camera in Venice. I stumbled upon this pretty cool spot where they keep all the gondolas overnight. Captured some pretty good angles and had no one around to bother me as it was early. Then I headed off to the small island of Burano about 40 mins out of San Marco. This place was amazing! It had bright multi coloured houses and buildings which made for some great shots. Accompanied by beautiful little gardens everywhere Burano seemed surreal. Like a little paradise away from everything. Night shots tonight, hopefully capture some creative canal shots.
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Day 2 Venice
Day 2 Venice – Today was slightly better as it was not as crowded in Venice like yesterday. I started off by getting away from the main area and headed to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. I went into the church there which was pretty impressive and took the lift to the belfry. From there you can get 360 degree views of Venice, got some great shots and panoramas. After that I headed back to the main island where I saw colourful street characters and learnt that it is best to avoid the area around St Mark’s Square. It is a tourist mecca filled to the brim with Japanese and…
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Day 1 Venice
Day 1 Venice – It’s ok I won’t hit you with any, “who left the tap running” jokes. I have arrived in Venice. Had a good trip from Lake Como but was sad to say good bye to Jennine and Luca. The train journey was quite good and I got to take in a lot of the Italian countryside. Unfortunately it appears I timed my run into Venice at the same time there was some rowing regatta on with hundreds of rowers choking the canals. This of course threw the transport system into chaos and it did take some time to get to my hotel. The ferry was so packed I…
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