Tag Archives: Rome

Italy Top to Toe – Mini Europe in Brussells (Belgium)

Mini-Europe is a theme park located near Brussels in Belgium and has reproductions of monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Approximately eighty cities and three hundred and fifty buildings are represented and Italy is represented by six mini-models.

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But, before you go…

…I do like this from the Brussells Times

The implications of Brexit are even being felt in the smallest part of Brussels as Mini Europe begins to adapt to accommodate for the UK leaving the EU.

While the models will remain, concessions will be made to reflect the new reality. Visitors will, therefore, have to pass through a small customs post if they want to move from Mini-Europe to the Mini-United Kingdom.  Access between the UK and France or Ireland will also be adapted to better reflect reality.

I say leave them there, inevitably we will very soon see just how collectively stupid to vote leave, and we were, and we will be back.  No weedy trade deal with Japan or Australia is ever going to compensate for leaving the single market.

 

Italy Top to Toe – Rome (Roma)

Moving south from Tuscany we enter the central Italy region of Lazio and the capital city Rome.

I have been there three times, in 1976 with my Dad, in 2003 with my son Jonathan and in 2010 with a group of friends.

I threw three coins in the fountain so it is probably time to go back.

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A Virtual Ancient City

On the boat ride back from Delos to Mykonos  I thought it would be fun to recall all of the other ancient sites that I have visited and assemble a near perfect virtual ancient city.

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A to Z of Statues – Z is for Zeus

And so my A to Z of statues comes to an end.  Z is for a statue of the Roman God Zeus in the Piazza Navona in Rome…

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Monday Washing Lines – Frascati in Italy

Welcome to my latest theme. Monday Washing Lines.

This week I am back in Italy in the town of Frascati quite close to Rome.  I have chosen this washing line because I like the use of a single peg colour – the work of a professional pegger…

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Monday Washing Lines – Marino in Italy

 

Welcome to my latest theme. Monday Washing Lines.

This is the Italian town of Marino quite close to Rome. I like the way the woman is watching out over the washing line, surely not concerned that there maybe a rain shower.

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City Planning – Roman Style

On 4th March 2020 I was enjoying my last day of a week’s holiday to Cyprus.  I was visiting the archaeological site at Paphos and I got to thinking about designing my very own ancient city…

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Postcards From Italy

No travel now for nine months so taking a look back at good times in Italy…

Travels in Italy, Updated

I have got a few gaps in the map, so I will have to get travelling…

Italy Visited

Travels in Italy, Looking Back

Travels in Italy

Not surprisingly Italy is the country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites; it has fifty-three, seven more than Spain which has the second most sites in Europe.  I have visited half of the sites in Spain but when I reviewed the Italy list I was disappointed to find that I have been to less than a quarter.

This time in Italy I was planning to add a few more, Milan (The Last Supper), Modena and Ferrara.

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