i spent the better half of yesterday culling and post-processing the huge pile of photos i took last month while in rome, so here's some of the better ones (apologies to some which may go wider than yr monitor...typically i get annoyed by that, but some just can't be truly represented w/ a 600 or 800 pixel width).
before the onslaught, just a few random things which spring to mind:
- albanian familes can be loud and smelly, esp when they are across the aisle in the plane w/ you.
- italy doesn't have better food than france, just a different style. fresh ingredients in a straightforward manner = the win
- rome is a crazy city, traffic-wise. scooters = the win
- it's easy to spot american tourists
- my kids are hugely well-behaved on airplanes
onto the pictures:
the colosseo, still impressive:
some arch outside the colosseo:
my niece nathalie, being mischievous on our train ride out to Ostia Antica:
the boys, chilling on the other side:
headless statue:
some wildflowers (was hoping for much more purple, but the flowers themselves were rather small):
otis on stage in the teatro:
some of the ruins (this place was pretty damn big):
ceilings of one of the churches in popolo sq, and of St Ignatius:
moonrise over rome, from our apartment:
random statue, given the B&W treatment:
view from villa borghese, looking down on popolo square:
statue head in the park:
inside the coffeeshop:
on my back on the floor of the rotunda, looking skyward (the superwide angle lens comes in handy):
st peter's, without the crowds:
looking heavenward, from the altar (could be my fave pic of the entire trip):
the pieta, behind ropes and glass (was amazed my 70-200 f/4 lens could get this good a shot, considering the situation...that lens is a killer):
outside st peter's; maybe H8R's band can play here:
kid's science museum:
still-life w/ accordian player (i tossed a coin or two his way):
trevi fountain, tourist central:
some monument an egomaniac built for himself:
angels on the bridge leading to castel sant'angelo, designed by bernini:
centurions, hard at work:
downtime in the colosseo (kids drew, we people watched):
damn true's ancestors were eaten by hungry lions here:
pillar detail; you just can't get this sort of craftsmanship in N8's spec houses these days:
kids dig toilet humor:
still-life w/ steps:
mechanical space in our apartment building:
arch, forgotten and assimilated into some park:
otis, trying out his new invisible flying carpet:
view from castel sant'angelo:
inside the pantheon, the oculus:
pantheon detail:
now that's good pasta:
impromptu soccer match in trastevere:
swan in pond, borghese:
miles on a bike rental (they didn't have helmets, so don't yell at me):
otis has seen enough ancient buildings:
st peter's:
that's probably enough, if you made it that far.
before the onslaught, just a few random things which spring to mind:
- albanian familes can be loud and smelly, esp when they are across the aisle in the plane w/ you.
- italy doesn't have better food than france, just a different style. fresh ingredients in a straightforward manner = the win
- rome is a crazy city, traffic-wise. scooters = the win
- it's easy to spot american tourists
- my kids are hugely well-behaved on airplanes
onto the pictures:
the colosseo, still impressive:
some arch outside the colosseo:
my niece nathalie, being mischievous on our train ride out to Ostia Antica:
the boys, chilling on the other side:
headless statue:
some wildflowers (was hoping for much more purple, but the flowers themselves were rather small):
otis on stage in the teatro:
some of the ruins (this place was pretty damn big):
ceilings of one of the churches in popolo sq, and of St Ignatius:
moonrise over rome, from our apartment:
random statue, given the B&W treatment:
view from villa borghese, looking down on popolo square:
statue head in the park:
inside the coffeeshop:
on my back on the floor of the rotunda, looking skyward (the superwide angle lens comes in handy):
st peter's, without the crowds:
looking heavenward, from the altar (could be my fave pic of the entire trip):
the pieta, behind ropes and glass (was amazed my 70-200 f/4 lens could get this good a shot, considering the situation...that lens is a killer):
outside st peter's; maybe H8R's band can play here:
kid's science museum:
still-life w/ accordian player (i tossed a coin or two his way):
trevi fountain, tourist central:
some monument an egomaniac built for himself:
angels on the bridge leading to castel sant'angelo, designed by bernini:
centurions, hard at work:
downtime in the colosseo (kids drew, we people watched):
damn true's ancestors were eaten by hungry lions here:
pillar detail; you just can't get this sort of craftsmanship in N8's spec houses these days:
kids dig toilet humor:
still-life w/ steps:
mechanical space in our apartment building:
arch, forgotten and assimilated into some park:
otis, trying out his new invisible flying carpet:
view from castel sant'angelo:
inside the pantheon, the oculus:
pantheon detail:
now that's good pasta:
impromptu soccer match in trastevere:
swan in pond, borghese:
miles on a bike rental (they didn't have helmets, so don't yell at me):
otis has seen enough ancient buildings:
st peter's:
that's probably enough, if you made it that far.
How did the kiddies like Rome?
