North Sheen at 7:30pm on 31st January 2008Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Roma
Through out all our traveling in the last 2 years we have come across so many influences and ruins from the Romans, it was about time we went and visited the heart of where it all started, Rome! It was Sal's first time there and my second time, I had been once before in 2001 on a family trip. Another beautiful sunny winters weekend was in store for us.
Rome is a really amazing city. Vibrant, old, dirty, gritty and fun. And then when you finally come face to face with these unbelievably old and beautiful buildings, ruins, statues and fountains it really makes you stop and think....wow! How was this possible!?
We also had the chance to meet up with my cousin Camilla who is Italian and lives in Rome. We went out to a real local Italian restaurant for dinner and ate very traditional food. Pizza? No way!more like intestines, bulls balls and other fun stuff, oh and lots of wine! Its hard to cover all that Rome offers over a weekend so I'm sure we will be back, you could spend the whole weekend just at the Vatican or the forum. Until next time!
The Vatican looking as grand as ever
The dove in the stained glass window. It is above the throne of Peter in the Basilica
The amazing roof in the room of maps
L & S with the Ponte Sant' Angelo in the background
The Tiber
The view down the Plazza Navona
The Pantheon is such a dominating building in the tiny square. It was one of the highlights. Built 125AD and still standing!
Flooded...with tourists. Trevi fountain
Rome silhouettes
The Spanish steps at sunset. Bellissimo!
Out to dinner with Cam, her boyfriend Francesco and his brother. Fun fun
The Colosseum
Orange trees! Everywhere!
The Forum
Rome is a really amazing city. Vibrant, old, dirty, gritty and fun. And then when you finally come face to face with these unbelievably old and beautiful buildings, ruins, statues and fountains it really makes you stop and think....wow! How was this possible!?
We also had the chance to meet up with my cousin Camilla who is Italian and lives in Rome. We went out to a real local Italian restaurant for dinner and ate very traditional food. Pizza? No way!more like intestines, bulls balls and other fun stuff, oh and lots of wine! Its hard to cover all that Rome offers over a weekend so I'm sure we will be back, you could spend the whole weekend just at the Vatican or the forum. Until next time!
The Vatican looking as grand as everThe dove in the stained glass window. It is above the throne of Peter in the BasilicaThe amazing roof in the room of mapsL & S with the Ponte Sant' Angelo in the backgroundThe TiberThe view down the Plazza NavonaThe Pantheon is such a dominating building in the tiny square. It was one of the highlights. Built 125AD and still standing!Flooded...with tourists. Trevi fountainRome silhouettesThe Spanish steps at sunset. Bellissimo!Out to dinner with Cam, her boyfriend Francesco and his brother. Fun funThe Colosseum
Orange trees! Everywhere!
The Forum
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Snowflakes, goodbyes and the Badlands
GrandMa's funeral was beautiful. I felt so blessed to be able to be there for Mum. To be able to say goodbye to my GrandMa. The burial was a couple hours drive from Kelowna where the actual funeral was. It was snowing really heavily in Salmon Arm where GrandMa was buried. We lit candles and sang hymns. It was really magical.
On the top of the summit, the trees made me feel like eating icing sugar!
Brent and his dad Owen
Annika and Mum in the hot tub
At the Dinosaur National Park, East of Calgary. It was freezing cold and no-one else around. We saw remains of Dinosaurs that were approximatly 700million years old! Pretty cool. Literally.
Road trippin in the praries
Dinosaur town!
In the museum. Definitely worth seeing!
My baggage didn't arrive until a few days later so I got to go SHOPPING! That was fun!
I have been loving the snow, the cold and seeing how people live in this sort of weather. It's like a whole new world. The last two days I've gone skiing with Brent Ree up at Silverstar. I can't believe that it's been SO much fun!! The snow has been awesome! Tomorrow I'm going to Calgary to hang out with AliO for a couple days before heading back to London and then on to Rome for the weekend with Lachie!
At Grandma's Funeral
At the Graveyard
At Auntie Leona's house
Near Jill's house
On our way in the car to Vernon from Kelowna
Silverstar at dusk
Out the window of Brent and Mary-Sue's condo looking up the mountain
Mumoshka in the snow
Annika and Pedar sleighing
Tubing at Tube town
View from Mary-Sues balcony
Ohh! The next morning Brent and I got up early to ski on some freshly groomed powder, above the cloud it was sunny! Beautiful!
Thats me all the way down thereI have been loving the snow, the cold and seeing how people live in this sort of weather. It's like a whole new world. The last two days I've gone skiing with Brent Ree up at Silverstar. I can't believe that it's been SO much fun!! The snow has been awesome! Tomorrow I'm going to Calgary to hang out with AliO for a couple days before heading back to London and then on to Rome for the weekend with Lachie!
At Grandma's Funeral
At the GraveyardAt Auntie Leona's houseNear Jill's houseOn our way in the car to Vernon from KelownaSilverstar at duskOut the window of Brent and Mary-Sue's condo looking up the mountain
Mumoshka in the snow
Annika and Pedar sleighing
Tubing at Tube town View from Mary-Sues balcony Ohh! The next morning Brent and I got up early to ski on some freshly groomed powder, above the cloud it was sunny! Beautiful!On the top of the summit, the trees made me feel like eating icing sugar! Brent and his dad OwenAnnika and Mum in the hot tub Road trippin in the prariesDinosaur town!In the museum. Definitely worth seeing!
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