Monday, November 23, 2009
Pyramid of bones
Kostnice Ossuary in Kutna Hora.
Sedlec monastery is where the Ossuary is located.
When the Black Plague hit, they had no more room to bury the dead so stored some of the bones in the chapel.
They say a monk went mad and made the various sculptures (and things like chandaliers and even a coat of arms) out of the bones.
Prague: Skulls on skulls
Kostnice Ossuary in Kutna Hora.
Sedlec monastery is where the Ossuary is located.
When the Black Plague hit, they had no more room to bury the dead so stored some of the bones in the chapel.
They say a monk went mad and made the various sculptures (and things like chandaliers and even a coat of arms) out of the bones.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Iceland photos
There are more on my Flickr website. Click here if you want to check them out.
Sorry that the photos are being cut off on this blog at the right hand side. Not sure how to fix that.
Hallgrímskirkja
This is a lutheran church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986.
Very different to your usual church.
Perlan
Each of the 6 water tanks can hold 4 million litres of geo-thermally heated water.
The water is sitting at about 85 degrees celcius and supplies all of Reykjavic.
It actually takes longer for the water to get cold at the tap.
Some of the water is supplied to heat the ashphalt of car parks in the city!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The cablecar in AnaCapri
What an experience. Well worth doing. Peaceful journey up in the cable car and wonderful view from the top.
What a beautiful spot
I am thinking of making an offer to buy this place! I wonder if they would let it go for £150,000? : )
Capri
We did a day trip to the Island of Capri via the ferry that goes from Sorrento to Capri.
Whilst there, we spent and enjoyable day walking around and enjoying the sun.
We visited Anacapri via the Funiculare railway which gave us a fantastic view.
Fiat Taxi car
There was a film shoot on and they had this gorgeous Fiat with a bride in it.
If memory serves me correctly, Fiat used the body of Fiat 1800/2100 to create a new less expensive model, the Fiat 1500L introduced in 1963. To distinguish it from the 1300/1500 its name used the designation 1500L (lunga = long). The car shared with its more compact sibling Fiat's four cylinder 1481 cc engine, delivering 72 bhp, which in 1964 was increased in the second series to 75 bhp. A reduced performance version was also offered for the taxi trade. This proved popular in southern Europe, equipped with a straight-4 1481 cc petrol engine developing just 60 bhp: the low power engine permitted the transport of customers in comfort and space at urban speeds, without consuming too much fuel.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Teatro di Marcello
The theatre was begun by Julius Caesar, but finished by Augustus, the first of Rome's emperors, who claimed that he had found Rome in clay and left it in marble. He dedicated the theatre to his favourite nephew Marcellus. Instead of inheriting Augustus's empire, Marcellus died young and was the first to be laid in Augustus's mausoleum.
Anxious doggies
There were many stray cats in a Archaeological site that was about 20 metres lower than where these dogs where. The dogs were very excited to see all the cats wondering around!
I predict a riot
There were many polizia about on this one particular day in Rome. Not sure what was going on but may have been due to a soccer game being on.
Ape 50
Saw many of these in Italy. Handy way of getting around the tight busy streets. The engine in the Ape is mounted at the rear of the vehicle and comes in numerous forms throughout the World. In general the Ape uses either a 395 cc diesel engine (8bhp) whilst in parts of Europe the Ape is powered by a 422 cc diesel engine.
