Towards the end of the day we decided to go to the ruins of the Roman Forum. We walked there on a road following the Tiber river. On the way we went across to this island in the middle and had a drink there, then carried on. We walked past these ruins which include marble sinks:…
Month: September 2016
The Vatican Museum
So. After leaving St Peter’s we walked around to the Vatican Museum and queued for another 4o minutes to get into the museum! This museum is just incredibly unbelievable. We saw so many marble statues: And so many frescos, art, mosaics, tapestries, treasures etc.. Here’s just a very small sample (truly!!!) of what we saw:…
Day two in which we did too much.
Well, too much to fit into one post anyway, so I’ve decided to divide it into 3 portions. Firstly St Peter’s Basilica. We left our apartment early and went to the Vatican City via the underground Metro. We had a nice chat with a young American couple on the way, after we helped them get…
When you wake up in Rome…
And this is what you see on the ceiling above you! Oh yes, it IS that beautiful!!! It kind of epitomises Rome: old, historic, beautiful. I LOVE this fresco, it has so much detail on it, birds, roses, lace, tassles: The artist did an amazing job of making the lace and fabric look real! This little…
We’re getting there!
Just in case anyone is interested and can learn something from our experience flying here, this post is about getting to where we were going. We flew Auckland to Singapore with Air NZ on their new Dreamliner. Pretty nice plane, and we both got some sleep on the overnight flight so that was very good!…
Second day in Singapore
Although there are Malay signs everywhere in Singapore, I haven’t heard anybody speaking the language. At least I can translate signs for Mike though! Signs are usually in English, Malay and Chinese. We’ve been staying across the road from the Raffles Hotel so this morning we went and had breakfast there. Unfortunately I only saw…
Where in the world…
After a ten and a half hour flight on a very nice Dreamliner – on which we didn’t get enough sleep to even get close to dreaming… 😉 and on which we flew right over Kalimantan, we arrived at 6.30am in Singapore. After checking in at the hotel we went exploring although of course there was…
“Hello fans!”
That is how Dad often greets us, and I’m imitating him since I’m one of his biggest fans. Some of you have already been introduced to my fans, but for those of you who have not yet had the privilege, here they are: I usually have them nicely displayed on a wall, but currently they are stored away. It’s safe to…