Rome, ITL 5 Trevi Fountain

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Sunday November 22, 2015

ITL  Rome, Italy 5  Trevi Fountain

You finally get to Rome... waited a lifetime for this. 

& now going to see the famous Trevi Fountain. 

The famous Three Coins in a Fountain movie... everybody is looking for love; Wookin' pa Nub.    

 I'd almost bet the Romans had the 1st "Sex in the City" theme. 

And to throw a coin into the fountain... meaning that you would someday return to Rome -The Eternal City.  Ahhhh Roma!

How Romantic of a place. Maybe we could find a quiet sidewalk cafe and I'd have an expresso while T-bone has a sip of red Cav. ...  maybe some Italian gellato.

A quiet romantic place for lovers...  Now hold that thought. 

About 5-7 blocks from the bus stop.... and it's a ZOO !!!!!

I mean a ZOO !! We couldn't even hear each other speak without shouting over the crowd.  

Y'all go away. Go home. You, be quiet. All of you, Go Home!

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

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Goodbye Rome, Italy Takeoff 8B

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Tuesday November 24, 2015

ITL  Rome, Italy 8B

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

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Grand Canyon South Rim Sunset Havasupi Point

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http://stonebeartracksrof.blogspot.com/2011/01/grand-canyon-south-rim-sunset-havasupi.html

April 2008 

      

Tracks of the StoneBear 4 Corners Grand Canyon

April 08

Grand Canyon, AZ

South Rim

Nobody can describe this. Nobody can take a pic that describes this. these few pix can't even get close to showing the granduer of the canyon.

It IS timeless... like looking into the abyss of a thousand years. You can't keep from staring into the abyss of time. It IS that powerful.

Everybody takes pix of the canyon. These are not better... no different. Nobody can capture this. Nobody !

You can't even get all of it into one pic. It's not possible. You just have to stumble along the rim in awe. ... to get that feeling of how minute and insignificant you are. Surely there are heavens to explain this. it's almost beyond what the mind can comprehend. My pix are nothing special... just my pix.

I got to see this as a teenager.... Thank you Lord for another chance to see this again. After 40 years... it was worth the wait....it's even more beautiful now.

The rock strata.... it defines our time here.... our minute space between the eternities.

You never drink twice from the same stream.

























Tracks of the StoneBear 4 Corners Grand Canyon

April 08

Grand Canyon, AZ

South Rim

Nobody can describe this. Nobody can take a pic that describes this. these few pix can't even get close to showing the granduer of the canyon.

It IS timeless... like looking into the abyss of a thousand years. You can't keep from staring into the abyss of time. It IS that powerful.

Everybody takes pix of the canyon. These are not better... no different. Nobody can capture this. Nobody !

You can't even get all of it into one pic. It's not possible. You just have to stumble along the rim in awe. ... to get that feeling of how minute and insignificant you are. Surely there are heavens to explain this. it's almost beyond what the mind can comprehend. My pix are nothing special... just my pix.

I got to see this as a teenager.... Thank you Lord for another chance to see this again. After 40 years... it was worth the wait....it's even more beautiful now.

The rock strata.... it defines our time here.... our minute space between the eternities.

You never drink twice from the same stream

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ITL FLORENCE 1

ITL Florence 1 

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Sunday November 15, 2015 

Florence, Italy 1 eve    

The Italian trains are great. Really a phenomenon... sleek,... fast,... 300km/ 180mph...fantastic.  

We get into the Florence train station at 5pm... it's dark... find the taxi stand and am lucky to get cab driver Simon... Simone...

In a mile & half drive he brings us up to speed... Florence is a safe city to travel in. We can walk around here at night with no problem; this is a safe city.  

[Back in the US a couple of months... there is a murder of a tourist lady - strange circumstances- very rare. ... was tied to nightclubs and drugs.] 

We ride the main drag to our hotel in 5 mins. Check into the hotel.... a few minutes to square away our bags.... and out into Florence for the night.  

Our hotel was near the Liberta circle arch... 

The Piazza della Liberta arch.  ....built in 1738 to celebrate the arrival of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty in Florence. I love this European history. 

We walked in the evening down several blocks to a local market.   

You never drink twice from the same stream. 

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