Forum Romanum / Rome
It's grand, allright...
(cupola of St Peter's Cathedral)
St Peter's Church / Rome
We're actually standing in line to go in to the church, no I'm not kidding...
Yet another of Firenze's beautiful Renaissance churches.
We were lucky to come here right in time for the evening prayer in Latin!
A glimpse of Firenze.
Nice paintings inside of the dome.
The dome in Firenze. Can't believe I walked all the way upp there!
To access the roof of "Il duomo" costs 9 euros...
...and yes, you have to climb all the 436 stps yourself, no elevator! Anyway, it's totally worth it, you get to climb inside Brunelleschi's dome, between the two structuring shelles. Very cool!
More Firenze (can't help it): the famous medival bridge Ponte Vecchio...
...with Vasari's top archade from the 16th century.
Early morning and breakfast outside our hostel, which was situated directly in front of Piazza Piatti, the famous sloping square in Firenze.
Laura and Mallory -a little tired after all the impressions over the recent days.
One of Firenze's many Renaissance churches.
Basilica de Santa Maria Nouvella.
This side partly designed by Leone Battista Alberti.
Didn't we see a great many photos of this building in the Architecture History-class? You know the name!
Oh yes, you were right: ospedale degli innocenti.
Early italian renaissance building by Brunelleschi.
Firenze, ti amo! If Paris was to suffer an armagedon I would instantly move to Firenze.
My favourite place in all of Italy.
Strange temporal sculpture in the city centre of Milan.
Situated between the dome and the giant art museum palazzo Reale (recommended!). I think the sculpture is there while the front side of the art museum is completely covered for a total renovation. It definately attracted people with it's strange forms and noise (oh yes, it played songs and weird sounds all the time). It reminds me of the temporal pavilion project we did in 3rd grade on Heurlins plats, remember?
Ta-da! Bright sunshine on Milan's central square: piazza del Duomo, view towards the galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the gothic dome.
Spider web?
Nope, just a fantastic 19th century mall in Milan!
Why didn't they make Nordstan (in Göteborg) like this, when they tore everything down and built the mall back in the 70's? Nordstan is perhaps practical, but oh so ugly. It makes me depressed, especially the northern part, always shadowed by the large 7-floored parking house, who takes up all the space as well the nicest views towards the water and the opera house.But maybe that's intentional? I mean if you feel bad, you shop more.
The "galleria" hosts all the most exculsive of fashion brands: Prada, Rolex etc.
but before the rest of the Italy-pics, this Paris-by-night view from one of my favourite bridges near Île de la Cité.
A wonderful and stange hanppening occured this evening, involving a man singing very oddly.
Wow! Lake Como, only an hour by local train from Milan up to the mountains.
It was cold as h-ll that day, but incredibly beautiful as you can see for yourselves.
Blois castle is an eclectic heap of odd looking towers and oriels...
... can you spot the 4 completely different architectural styles???
