Nice police cars over there!
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.
Inside the Vatican
This was taken in the Vatican.
We didnt get to the Cisteen chapel with Andy and Amanda but managed to visit it when we returned for the last couple of days. Impressive stuff.
Week 41 - Out of Context
Look at the odd one out! The Bambino looks tiny compared to the other cars. Was great seeing lots of these Fiat 500 Bambino's around. Would like to restore one one day.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Fort William
A beautiful, clear Sunday in Fort William.
The B&B where we were staying had this as it's view from the breakfast table. No wonder it was rated as the #1 B&B in Fort William on Trip Advisor.
Glen Coe
This huge waterfall was at the side of the road next to Glen Coe. Because of all the rain, it was fair cascading.
Glen Coe
I love this part of Scotland..it is very rugged but very picturesque.
It was blowing a gale when I took this. Had to be very careful as this is just next to the main road past Glen Coe.
The history around this area is interesting too.
The following information comes from this website:
The final chapter in this tragedy began on 27th August 1691, when King William III in London offered a pardon to all Highland clans who had fought against him or raided their neighbours. But it was on the condition that they took the oath of allegiance before a magistrate by 1st January 1692. The alternative for failing to comply was death. MacDonald Clan Chief, MacIain of Glencoe, reluctantly agreed to take the oath, but mistakenly went to Inverlochy in Fort William instead of Inveraray near Oban. He finally reached Inveraray on January 6th, well after the deadline.
MacDonald naivley believed that, despite this delay in taking the oath, he and his clan were now safe. But unknown to him, a force had already been assembled at Inveraray and given orders to exterminate the whole clan. The force left for Glencoe on 1st February, led by Captain Robert Campbell of Glen Lyon, a man with a grudge against the MacDonalds. Campbell asked for quarters for his 130 soldiers and, unaware of what was planned, the poor MacDonalds entertained them for 10 days.
On the night of the 12th February, Campbell received orders to kill all MacDonalds under seventy years of age at 5 am the next morning. In the early hours of a cold winter's morning the soldiers rose from their beds and set about the massacre of their hosts, with whom they had been living on friendly terms. It was this act of treachery in response to hospitality that makes this massacre such a heinous crime. Although only forty were killed, many more escaped to the hills only to die of hunger and exposure.
It was blowing a gale when I took this. Had to be very careful as this is just next to the main road past Glen Coe.
The history around this area is interesting too.
The following information comes from this website:
The final chapter in this tragedy began on 27th August 1691, when King William III in London offered a pardon to all Highland clans who had fought against him or raided their neighbours. But it was on the condition that they took the oath of allegiance before a magistrate by 1st January 1692. The alternative for failing to comply was death. MacDonald Clan Chief, MacIain of Glencoe, reluctantly agreed to take the oath, but mistakenly went to Inverlochy in Fort William instead of Inveraray near Oban. He finally reached Inveraray on January 6th, well after the deadline.
MacDonald naivley believed that, despite this delay in taking the oath, he and his clan were now safe. But unknown to him, a force had already been assembled at Inveraray and given orders to exterminate the whole clan. The force left for Glencoe on 1st February, led by Captain Robert Campbell of Glen Lyon, a man with a grudge against the MacDonalds. Campbell asked for quarters for his 130 soldiers and, unaware of what was planned, the poor MacDonalds entertained them for 10 days.
On the night of the 12th February, Campbell received orders to kill all MacDonalds under seventy years of age at 5 am the next morning. In the early hours of a cold winter's morning the soldiers rose from their beds and set about the massacre of their hosts, with whom they had been living on friendly terms. It was this act of treachery in response to hospitality that makes this massacre such a heinous crime. Although only forty were killed, many more escaped to the hills only to die of hunger and exposure.
B&W Loch
Not sure what the name of this loch is. It started raining not long after I took this. Heavily!
Scotland - Fort William
On the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of October, we hired a Vauxhall Corsa Sxi and hit the open road on a little trip away to Fort William.
We did a lot of driving and a lot of walking.
The Saturday was forecast for 'severe gales' and heavy rain. The forecast was dead on! A couple of times I needed to hang on to the car to stop getting blown over. Almost as windy as Wellington!
Sunday was a better day as you will see in the photos..it was very still. It did start to rain a bit in the afternoon but that added to the charm of the Scottish highlands!
Because there are so many lochs in the area..I cant really tell you where each photo was taken as most of them were from lochs.
We did a lot of driving and a lot of walking.
The Saturday was forecast for 'severe gales' and heavy rain. The forecast was dead on! A couple of times I needed to hang on to the car to stop getting blown over. Almost as windy as Wellington!
Sunday was a better day as you will see in the photos..it was very still. It did start to rain a bit in the afternoon but that added to the charm of the Scottish highlands!
Because there are so many lochs in the area..I cant really tell you where each photo was taken as most of them were from lochs.
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