All Roads Leads To...
All Roads Leads To Rome...
Me and my wife (@annester) took on photography and purchased a Canon EOS Rebel T6 for Christmas. Now that we are travelling we are realizing how it was one of the best investment of our life.
We had a wonderful time in Rome, a short 3 days to eat great food and visit the birthplace of what we know as Christendom and Western Civilization. It is truly indescribable how it feels to walk in history.
Here is a short journey in pictures of our trip to Rome.
The Colosseum and the Roman Ruins
The Cross of the Colosseum
There were many different types of executions in the Colosseum. Christian Martyrs were executed as common criminals by crucifixion or "damnatio ad bestia" (thrown to the wild beasts). The vicious and cruel emperors and Romans delighted in even more novel ways of executing Christian Martyrs. The Emperor Nero introduced twilight executions where hapless Christians were nailed to the cross and burned alive as torches to light the arena of the Colosseum.
Now stands a cross in memory to this incredible time in history.
Pantheon of Rome
Mr 100 Tiramisu - Tasting the Flavours of Italy
Vatican City - Saint Peter's Basilica
Like I said in my previous post, we made the mistake to come on Sunday...which meant that we were not able to visit the Sistine Chapel...still our visit of the St Peter's Basilica and the dome was worth the be taken slowly. Below are some of the picture we took. At time, the architecture was just so much that we felt a sensory overloaded by the cheer amount of beauty and art.
The Altar of St Peter's
The baldachin is at the centre of the crossing and directly under the dome of the basilica. Designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it was intended to mark, in a monumental way, the place of Saint Peter's tomb underneath.
The View From The Top
To be honest, climbing to the top of St Peter's Basilica was nerve racking but what an amazing experience! The view was just incredible. No words or pictures can describe the feeling.
A Panini and Chilling Out on the Roof-Top
Conclusion
I didn't want to monopolize all the photos since @annester is the one who worked hard at doing the editing. Make sure to follow her account to see more photos of our journey in Italy...photos including more of Rome, Cinque Terre and Sorrento & Pompei!
Cheers and Steem On!
Absolutely beautiful pictures and makes me want to visit here with my wife in the near future. The photos are absolutely stunning. What editing program is your wife using?
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Vatican City - Saint Peter's Basilica snap is so friggin cool man!! Seems almost as if it's in like a movie or something!! :D Loved how the blue of the sky just blended in with the architecture!!
@cryptoctopus,
First of all I just followed @annester! I didn't know your wife is in STEEMIT platform until I read this article.
Second, I want to tell you, this is pretty amazing photography! The ancient world, the civilization of Rome, I never see such closely before!
Then, as you said, your investment on "Canon EOS Rebel T6" pretty great idea! Yeah those photography are high in quality! Excellent article my friend! Thanks for sharing your great travel experiences with us!
Cheers~
Am really amazed to hear your wife is here, just like @theguruasia i have followed her, i am wishing both of you a safe journey to the ancient city of civiliazation, may you have fun in Rome.
Kudos to @annester for such amazing pictures and oh man, she really did a great work on these pictures.
Good work boss @crptoctopus
Ítalo is definetly the First on my traveller list.
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A wonderful journey and great photos, my friend! It is very nice to see you and your spouse against the background of these historical and legendary places, like the Coliseum and the Roman Pantheon. You are right, all roads lead to Rome and it is certainly worth it to see its striking beauty and majestic architecture, as well as to try wonderful snacks. Separately, I want to express my admiration for the photos of St. Peter's Cathedral, this divine place and its altar is incomparable! Thank you @cryptoctopus and tell us in about your journey to the beautiful places of Italy!
Rome is THE best! Have you met any Steemians there during your visit?
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@cryptoctopus - Sir you are so smart in this photography... Stunning photo collection Sir... This is a fantastic collection of photography of your visit of Rome Sir... I hope you'll post more photography of your travel Sir...
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Nice man! Having an actual camera makes traveling that much more fun for me. Wish I would have had a good one when I traveled over there. That shot of the basilica is sweet! Looking forward to seeing @annester's side of the story as well.
Wow fantastic photo's. I see you both really enjoying in Rome.. I live in Europe but never been there.. but it is on my list because it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Some lovely clicks @cryptoctopus especially The View From The Top, it's a perfect and complete picture.