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Published: October 30th 2012
The Vatican
Beauty & splendour!May 1993
U.K. & Europe
After leaving glorious Switzerland we headed for
Italy & Rome. Italy certainly was different to Switzerland. Italy felt far more historical for me.
I was disappointed we couldn't go to Pisa but fortunately we saw so much else. There were moments of nostalgia, with memories of looking at my parents and god-parents photographs and slides when I was still a child, dreaming of the day that I would see the same places and here I was looking at so many of the same landmarks!
Fountain of Trevi - the largest Baroque fountain in Rome is so beautiful, but I don't know if I should believe in it's traditional legend. Apparently if visitors throw a coin into the fountain you will return to Rome - we threw a coin in and haven't returned yet, but I am not giving up on that legend!
The Vatican and St Peter's Bassilica - the world's smallest independent state. Such ornate paintings on the ceilings and beautiful walls and floors. One can only stand there with a look of profound admiration.
The Colosseum - designed and built
so well by Roman engineers and architects such a long time ago. One can't help but wonder how they managed to do such a good job, while in present day what we build and erect sometimes leaves much to be desired.
After a full day of seeing all these sights and going to our hotel to freshen up, we had one last place to go to. At this stage we were exhausted and all felt like we suffered a bit from 'infomation overload' and as much as what we enjoyed it, none of us knew if we had any more energy to see yet another tourist sight. Our tour leader coaxed us with enthusiasm and promises that we would feel revived after this next sight. How true! As we walked in to the
Tivoli Gardens at
Villa D'Este everyone of us seemed to draw some motivation, inspiration and renewed energy from the impressive fountains and vistas and walked around the gardens. I was especially thrilled, as I had been studying Landscape and garden design for the last few years and it was food for the soul to walk through such a magnificent garden. This was most certainly
another highlight for me.
Friends, Romans and countrymen.....onwards march to Florence!
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Paul van As
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Memories
You have done such a wonderful job finding the old pictures,scanning them and then brining it all back to life. Thanks for the memories.