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Yijin + girls! '05

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on mizwang's request.. rome :)
okay, the last part of my postings.. rome! personally my favourite city (apart fr berlin!) of the trip, mainly cos it has so much to do and is so spacious in comparison with florence. still as orange as most italian cities seem to be, but really busy in a pleasant way. this shows yijin, me & yibun in front of the pantheon, a still-in-use church that was an architectural accomplishment in its times. measures the same in diameter and height, and contains remains of 2 italian emporers & raphael the artist. :)

here's another picture of a massive building - a monument of victor emmanuel II, one of italy's emporers. it's also known as the wedding cake. :) cute eh. and in front of it u see 4 silly pple in silly poses :)

next we go on to the trevi fountain, a very pretty fountain with clear blue waters, looking especially enchanting at night. unfortunately, the photo does no justice to it, but at least u see the pple pretty clearly. it's said that if u throw coins over ur head into the fountain, the 1st will ensure u return to rome, and the 2nd will get u an italian girl/boyfriend. or grant you a wish, depending on which guidebook you believe :P hehe.

another famous landmark of rome is the colosseum - this huge circular building used then as a venue for gladiator fights, which also served as public entertainment. the above-ground areas are seats, while the underground parts are where wild beasts & gladiators (once prisoners, then sort of celebrities) are kept when not fighting.

the other big thing "in" rome is the vatican city - the smallest independent state in the world. after queuing for more than 2h, we finally got into the museums, housing an egyptian collection, many statues, the raphael rooms and other beautifully painted rooms (places where popes stayed) and the sistine chapel. here's a pic of xiang ge & yibun doing a cock-imitation of the statue behind. :P

the last room of the series was the sistine chapel. a little underwhelming at the beginning, but with the help of the audio guide it was not difficult to see the beauty of it. the most amazing of them all probably, here's the ceiling.

finally, we moved on to the st peter's basilica & st peter's square. the basilica is the biggest in the world, very very impressive majestic building. :) here're the guys outside.

and lastly, to end of this issue (which is getting shorter and crappier, cos yah, tired lah.. :P) this is one of the irresistably cute swiss guards. xiang ge claims he looked him in the face when he took the photo. i guess he found xiang ge cuter la, sigh.. :P

okay, this marks the end of my photo journal.. whoever else wants to post please do! :D am very excited abt seeing all ur pics too, when we finally get the burning done! :) wait for me k, will bring my photos back soon! :)
xiz lived on 9:58 PM
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