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Rome Colosseum (part 2)
Mar 2nd
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First photo was taken while I was seated just in front of the Colosseum. Coming straight from the aiport, we just dropped our luggages in the hotel and immediately walked here. I was so impressed I just wanted to sit there until it gets dark. Which we did due to my request to my husband that I also want to capture it in the evening. So while waiting…yes, I just sat there and look…and look….
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and sometimes would stand up, walk around and capture parts that I didn’t want to forget..such as this 2nd shot (faulty camera setting, argh!) anyhow, can you see how they constructed the arches? geniaal!
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This 3rd shot was taken while I was at the top of a double decker bus (on our second day on the way to the Vatican.) See the outer wall? Just a small piece of it was left. It’s a shame that a big part of it was broken down and that the said parts were stolen to build houses and buildings around Rome. It also seems riddled with holes, that’s because the lead metals which were connecting the arches (also supporting the building) were stolen..leaving ‘holey’ memories.
here’s a short video I made with my camera..
Rome Colosseum, up close (059)
Mar 1st
Welcome March! I hope you brought challenges, loads of good news and surprises with you!
New month means new (and old) photos for this photoblog. I’ll try my best not to post flowers though I still have a bunch on my files. I hope I’ll be given a chance to shoot outside as temperature is slowly rising in Holland, the sun comes out once in a while…oh how I miss the sun! Buhbye winter, I wont be missing you! But rains are also here….*sigh*
From my files, this was taken in Rome December of last year. You don’t see much of the Colosseum shot this close but I always find it interesting to shoot up- close historic and popular attractions like this or this. I was in total awe , jaw dropped, the very first time I saw this impressive Roman architecture. I’ll be sharing other shots of the colosseum, both outside and inside the coming days.
I wish you a fine week!
Bunga ng pagpa-Plano (LP 90)
Jan 27th
Isang parte ito ng aming bakasyon sa bansang Thailand na hindi ko makakalimutan. Involved dito ay isang pamilya ng squirrel.
Sa aming paboritong hotel (at dati kong pinagtrabauhan) ay may ilan na ring uri ng hayop at ibon akong nakita na hindi mo normal na makikita sa araw-araw. Dito ako may pet ng baby elephant nuong early 1990′s dahil ang hotel noon ay may baby elephant na mascot. Tuwing umaga ay ipinapasyal ito ng kanyang trainer sa iba’t ibang facilidad ng hotel para batiin ang mga hotel guests. Sa ngayon ay ipinagbawal na ng hari ang pagta-trabaho sa mga elepante, na positibong hakbang kung ako ang tatanungin.
Pero bago ako maligaw, balik na tayo sa aking akda.
Isang araw habang nakabilad ang aking mister sa araw sa may pool, ako naman ay namasyal sa paligid. Maraming puno na mahusay na inaalagaan ng mga hardinero dito kaya di kataka-takang pamahayan ng mga squirrels ang mga ito. Dahil hitik sa bunga na kanilang kinakain!
Habang naglalakad ay nakarinig ako ng maliit ng ingay! Aha! May nakita akong nagtatakbuhan sa di-kalayuan. Dali-dali kong tinakbo ang aking camera na binabantayan ni irog at binalak ko ‘mahuli’ ang cute na pamilya!
Hindi ako sure pero parang ito si mama squirrel, tipong pinapagalitan nya si junior dahil ang ingay nito at kung saan-saan nagtatakbo! Aha ulit! Gusto kong makuhanan ng larawan ang makulit na baby squirrel kaya binalak kong abangan sya….
tamang -tama! Kung saan ako nagtatago ay doon naman sya tumakbo para maglaro!
oops! nakita na nya ako!
* mommy….may mumu na may isang mata…mommy!!! * tipong tawag sa ina..ang ingay nya!
Syempre laking tuwa ko at nagbunga ang balak ko. Pero may naramdaman akong ‘nagmamasid’ sa akin..hmmm…
Ito kaya si daddy?
Happy LP, everyone!
The Vatican City (002)
Jan 2nd
December 11, 2009 was the day. I finally got the chance to see this place. ‘Indrukwekkend!’ (Impressive!) once you reach the top of St. Peter’s Basilica and get a full view of the smallest country in the world both by population and area.
The name “Vatican” is ancient and predates Christianity, coming from the Latin Mons Vaticanus, meaning Vatican Mount. The territory of Vatican City is part of the Mons Vaticanus, and of the adjacent former Vatican Fields where St. Peter’s Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums were built, along with various other buildings. The area was part of the Roman rione of Borgo until 1929. Being separated from the city, on the west bank of the Tiber river, the area was an outcrop of the city that was protected by being included within the walls of Leo IV, and later expanded by the current fortification walls of Paul III/Pius IV/Urban VIII. When the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that gave the state its present form was being prepared, the boundaries of the proposed territory were influenced by the fact that much of it was all but enclosed by this loop. For some tracts of the frontier, there was no wall, but the line of certain buildings supplied part of the boundary, and for a small part of the frontier a modern wall was constructed. The territory includes St. Peter’s Square, distinguished from the territory of Italy only by a white line along the limit of the square, where it touches Piazza Pio XII. St. Peter’s Square is reached through the Via della Conciliazione which runs from the Tiber River to St. Peter’s. This grand approach was constructed by Benito Mussolini after the conclusion of the Lateran Treaty.
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