Saturday, October 4, 2008

Italy, sweet as gelato: Roma


Roman Ruins, a sight so spectacular even now

The Pantheon a 2,000 year old dome -shaped structure built without any known support. The huge structure is illuminated only by natural daylight squeezed in from the "centerpiece' of the dome

A fairy tale image, walking along one of the riversides in Rome

Trevi Fountain, where many lovers, students, tourists gather at all times of the day

The Colosseo. Initially just to take in the sights from outside but decided to go in anyways, for the sake of history

The Vatican City, its so hard to get any pictures of the art pieces. The Sistine Chapel is off camera limits, but i don't think we will forget that image any time soon.

Magnificent.
Long standing monuments in Rome, lush green scenery in Tuscany, quaint towns that breathes history. Many times, these are so breathtakingly beautiful that it is almost impossible to take a picture good enough to justify. We tried to get whatever we could and concluded that the best way is to just appreciate them as they were.

Rome was our first stop, we then went over to Naples (for the pizza, nothing else!), Sorrento, Pompeii, Siena, San Giminano, Pisa and Lucca.

More pictures and updates to come later. Good night for now :)

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