The theme letter for our travel pics this week is R – for Railways. It should have come as no surprise to see the Metro trains of Rome covered in graffiti – after all, the very word ‘graffiti’ is Italian (from graffiato, to scratch into … ) but I have to say, I wasn’t expecting a…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This image is, of course, of the ruins of the Amphitheatrum Flavium – better known to us as The Colosseum. But here’s the thing – The Colossus that the Colosseum was named for no longer exists. It was a giant statue…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. The Altare della Patria is a controversial building in Rome. Known as “The Typewriter” by many because of its design, the stark white ‘Altar of the Fatherland’ is dedicated to Victor Emmanuel II – the first king of modern Italy – and…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This is the outside of St Peter’s Basilica, which (strictly speaking) isn’t in Rome. Why? Because it’s in the Vatican – a separate state that is wholly within the confines of Rome. Vatican City State, to give it the…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. One of the things that you find, when you visit Rome, is that you can aim your camera almost at random, and get a great picture. This one, for example, is of the ‘Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus…
The theme for our travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. To be honest, the only time we have spent in Italy is in Rome, and in Venice – plus travelling to-and-from – but even those two cities were amazing. We’ll start with Rome and this magic view of the Colosseum…
Recently, I was in Rome at the end of an amazing cruise (It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime things: me and five middle-aged women, going around the world by plane and ship – I’ll tell you about it some other time). Anyway, as we checked into our hotel, one of our party spotted a flyer…
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