29 Mar 2010 | Intimate, Italy, Travel, Venice | 1 Comment »
It’s not too hard to get lost in Venice, thankfully there are the odd signs about if you look around.
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23 Mar 2010 | Intimate, Italy, Travel, Venice | No comments added... »
About 40mins or so by boat to the east of where Venice stands today lies Torcello the site of the original settlers in the Venetian lagoon who, in order to avoid the raids by barbarians on the mainland, fled to the islands. It is believed that around 1000BC the population had grown to an estimated 10,000 with salt its major source of trade. Today only a few buildings remain including the 12th century Church of Santa Fosca on this comparatively now quiet island. This building (pictured) is on the path to the water bus terminal, its old shutters surrounded by the fading paint seemed to echo the feeling of the place, punctuated by the two blocks of carved stone relics from an era lost in time.
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18 Mar 2010 | Italy, Long Exposure, Travel, Venice | No comments added... »
A quiet stroll along the Grand Canal, water-buses and taxis zipping by…
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18 Mar 2010 | Italy, Landscape, Travel, Venice | No comments added... »
It is what it is…
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12 Mar 2010 | Italy, Travel, Venice | No comments added... »
Venice, once the centre of a vast navy…not so much any more.
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04 Mar 2010 | Detail, Intimate, Italy, Travel | No comments added... »
Somewhere in the centre of Rome.
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13 Oct 2007 | Architectural, History, Italy, Travel | No comments added... »
In the center of Florence stand the trio of the Duomo (The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore), Campanile (bell tower) and Baptistry.
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28 Aug 2007 | Italy | 2 Comments »
On the south side of the Arno in Florence lie the Boboli Gardens (Giardino di Boboli) behind the Pitti Palace
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17 Jul 2007 | Italy | 2 Comments »
One from a while back…taken not far from the Basilica di San Miniato. Along with a rather nice picnic too as I recall!
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16 Jun 2007 | Italy | No comments added... »
Another from Fiesole…as we walked around the hill-top town we came to a fenced ridge, the rain started to pour down as we looked out over Florence in the valley below. Even through the gloom the views were spectacular.
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