This is the ceiling of the Duomo in Firenze. We climbed 463 steps to reach the top, outside of the dome. I was walking on top outside of this painting.
In Rome with some Pics May 12th 2006 I just got into Roma (Rome for us English types). I'm in a rush but wanted to show some pictures I finally managed to get up. It has been a nightmare dealing with computers here. I went through 3 in one internet cafe last night. It's actually kind of funny. After crashing one when the program I was trying to use to resize the pics froze and wouldn't do anything I was moved to a second. Just as I s ... read more
Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
Welcome to my Whirlwind Adventure Travel Blog! I created this blog so that friends and family could keep track of my trip through Europe throughout May, June, and part of July, 10 weeks in total.
I backpacked through France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium throughout the month of May before flying Romania to volunteer for a month at an orphanage near the small village of Valea Screzii 2 hours outside of Bucharest.
I returned to Belgium, Amsterdam, and Paris before flying back to Denver on July 9th, 2006. These are the stories and only a small portion of the phot... full info