Stacey's Excellent Italian Adventure!

This was the Cinque Terre trail I hiked through 5 towns. It was about 1 ft. across with a cliff-side drop on the left. It was mostly rocky stairs...which proved challenging. I took many stops along the way to "admire the view" (aka - rest stop).

A view from the trail. I'm not afraid of heights, of course.

One of the Cinque Terre villages I passed through.

This is a view from one of the towns of Lake Como.

Lake Como - Beautiful.

Florence at sunset.

A view of Florence from Piazza di Michelangelo.

So, the Pope's in good shape from what I could see in the jumbo tron :P lol All the churches seemed to be outfitted with the latest Bose systems too. Excellent score by the P-Man

The Pope & his entourage are actually under the lil' awning on the front steps of the Basilica. It was just by chance that we strolled around St.Peter's square when the Pope was speaking. He was talking to Argentinean Catholics. I didn't get much of his speech (not understanding Latin and Spanish well), but I'm sure he had good things to say :D

This is a view from the steps of Trinita di Monti church onto to streets of Rome. Italy's nuts for their stairs.

This is a view of Roma's buildings from the rear balcony of di Monti.

This is pic I took thru differing arches in the coliseum. These arches were in the best shape were you could still see the brick work. Most of the coliseum is rumble.

I snapped this photo from inside the coliseum too. I thought the blend of the ancient and modern-ish was thought-provoking.

View of further Roman ruins from inside the coliseum.

This is another view from the arches of the Coliseum, looking onto the Arch of Constantine. I like to think that that lil' white blobby on the right of the pic is a spirit of times past....not just a rain drop or bug :P

The beautiful Fountain di Trevi

The Beautiful ME tossing a coin into the Beautiful Fountain di Trevi

The Parathion~

The Vatican walkway on the way to the Sistine Chapel~

This is a close-up of the different Vatican walkways. The two dark strips on the ceiling are were they actually have to keep the ceilings & walls "taped" together. There's "duct taped" areas all over the Vatican public areas.

I was surprised by all the large windows that were fully opened in the Vatican walkways. This is a view from one of the windows - the Pope's backyard so-to-speak. lol

I've overloaded this blog software - opps. I'll have to add more pics later. Ciao!

~S

Hello All~

I'm back in Toronto and feelin' fairly recovered from my Dolce Vita! I'm happy to be back in the T dot

Aside from Italy, I also can brag I've been to Ireland too! When my return flight was over the Altantic, we had to make an emergency landing in Shannon. It was dubbed a "medical emergency", but there were no ambulances, only authorites and police. Anyhoo, I made it home by 7am on Tuesday morning, happily. I WAS suppose to arrive @ 11PM a day earlier. Anything to make life more interesting LOL

Me in the Shannon Airport after all the emergency hoop-la

The good news is that I'll have lots of photos n' funny stories to tie me over for the next wee while :D

All the best!

Stacey

Hey There All!

Canada needs to get its act in gear! Man, the exchange rate is deathly here! I still manage my lovely cafe people-watching routine daily Teeheehee... That's Aussie Tracey on my left.

Oh-oh, my internet time is running short...

All the best!

S

P.S. - Here's a look at an overcast day in Pisa. It really wasn't as drab a it looks :P

Morning in Florence~

The view from my room....

...I enjoyed my coffee throughly

All the best~

Stacey