Tag / Vatican City

Jun

2012

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...

Jun

2012

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...

Jun

2012

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...

Jun

2012

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...

May

2012

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...

May

2012

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...

May

2012

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...

May

2012

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...