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Recap(ture)





ok no pictures on europeland yet due to the massive amount tt we have in the slr. so pls wait patiently till it appears on facebook.


OK! UPDATES!! on the trip.



Day1- PLANE to Rome!! which they call it Roma locally. 12hrs flight was hell. my butt. arrived in Roma local time 8ish am. 7hours diff behind Spore time. oh n on the plane.. lookin out thru the window, i saw mountainous areas and landscapes that amazed me so much. Ice caps, snowy hills, rocky grounds, forested earth... from way up high the view was majestic.. and Praise be to the Creator of that all. I was totally in awe.

ok back on track.. First stop- St Peter's Cathedral!!! Peter the apostle was buried in the cathedral itself and we kinda saw the tomb.























from the outside and top how it looks like. (pictures are from flickr n not taken by us.. just for viewing pleasure and comprehension)

People were QUEUING to get INTO the cathedral and the queue was not short. No skimpy clothings too and no weapons allowed(duhz). security check at the entrance was the one tt's taking alot of time. and there's swiss guards at the cathedral! cool eh. and if u can see how tiny the peopl are compared to the magnificent building.. u can imagine how gi-normous the church is, built entirely using MARBLE, precious stones and metals and GOLD.

From the inside...

















if u can again see how SMALL everybody else is compared to the structures.. u will be as breathless as the lin sisters were when we stepped into this church which is in the smallest country in the world, the Vatican city. that big shelter-looking like thing is SO HUGE that u will hv to tilt ur head 180degrees upwards to see the roof of it. and the carvings everywhere esp on the ceilings of the cathedral comprises of gold. it's....completely breath taking. And from the picture.. u realise that the camera cannot capture the entire length of the inside of the cathedral from the floor to the ceiling in a shot.. it's WAYYYYY toooooooo tall a cathedral.

oh and the previous popes were mummified inside the church.


















see tt rectangle case below the painting? tt's the pope's tomb. and there's perhaps 10 of that in the entire cathedral. and that painting is not PAINTED.. it sincerely and seriously looks like a painting from far or even near but if u look nearer or with a zoom lens camera.. u can see that it is made up of MOSAICS that is SOOOOOO tiny in each piece of marble tile. tt's why the colours don fade lik paint colours do.

And there's a marble statue just after the entrance of the church by Michael Angelo called "Pieta"..Mary carrying Jesus' body after he died.

Ok enuff of the cathedral!

Next stop - Colossum. on the way to the Colossum.. we passed by the ruins of the gladiators threatre where Christians back then were made to fight beasts as they were prosecuted, which was destroyed by Christians after the religion was accepted. The Colossum was actually a 650 seating amphithreatre where professional gladiators fight beasts and NOT where Christians were prosecuted. and it's multi storey. very fascinating. they are actually re-building some parts of it so some bricks looks newer than the others. our tour manager told us not to talk to any locals because pickpockets were way too many over there..so we walked ard n ignored many italians n act dao. LOL. v strange to be so rude sometimes. oh n entrance is not free so we didnt go in.

Tada! Colossum!













Next stop! temple for worshipping the Gods e.g. God of moon etc. very very nicee building. pics later.

next stop! TREVI fountain!












so much huge-r in real life. pictures seriously don't do justice to any part of Rome. Everywhere is too scenic. haha. the water is directed from the mountains n it's very crystal clear. there was alot of ppl when we were there n italians actually do go there for a bit of sun n chill by the fountain with their friends. it was fRee time! and we had Gelato!!! Authentic italiano Gelato! Awesomee. ok it wasn't fantastic in taste but fabulous when all combines.. who gets to eat Gelato, admire the fountain and skip along the ancient streets of italy?? HEHEH

everywhere our bus went.. u will definitely see how form of ancient preserved ruins..the city wall..govt councils centuries back..lots n lots of fountains. I think we took the most pictures in italy.

Next stop! Spanish steps!!










again another fountan. and the steps are actually where all the massive amt of pple are sitting. this area is where alll the high end shops are located! Gucci, LV, Versace..u name it, they have it. of cuz there's Zara, H&M, miss sixty..etc ard too.

OK finally..we were in time for lunch after Spanish steps. can u imagine? we actually rushed to so many diff attractions from 9am to 1plus 2pm.

Italians LOVE salty food.. and when i say salty...it's salty. they add salt lik we add chilli into our food. i was pretty taken aback at how salty our pasta was. and their pasta is always the starters and not the main course. main course is chicken chop as tough as rock! HAHA. breast meat. europeans only eat breast meat cuz there's enough meat for them. they dislike boney parts. dessert was quite nice. and a can of coke cost u 3euros..!!!!! mineral water is 2.50euro per bottle.

i kinda forget to jote down what happens after lunch..beside some gifts shops..there was nth much special. Oh and Spring weather is chilly!!!!!



ok i tink one day of rome is enough for one blog post. update next time!!! =)

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