30 June 2007

Rome

Ponte Sant'Angelo



Roman Forum





Fontana di Trevi


Roman Colosseum



Jonathan Wang

This guy.

Saint Peter's Basilica



Inside St Peter's


Piazza del Popolo


Raphael's "School of Athens"

Saint Peter with the Keys to the Kingdom

Anti-Bush Communists in Rome -
Bush was in Rome visiting with the Pope.
(I'm not sure about you, but I'll take President Bush
over Communism any day.)

17 June 2007

Florence

The view from the lodgings of one Jon Wang--
host, friend, and rock legend

Christ's Baptism - door of Battistero di San Giovanni

Inside the Battistero

The world's best ever artist, hands down.
Go to Florence and see his David.

Dante - Author of the Divine Comedy
and famous former resident of Florence

Duomo -
Scaffolding I've found is something
you need to get used to in old Europe

Basilica di Santa Croce -
Burial place of Dante, Galileo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and others


Ponte Vecchio


Dante's Tomb


The Bottom half of Cellini's "Perseus"
and a fake David in the background.


Scooters dominate the streets here;
oh yeah and behind them is one of the most
beautiful churches in the world

Good clock




Sunset on the Arno

Florence just after sunset, from Piazza Michelangelo

Categorical Statement:
Ponte Vecchio is the most beautiful bridge in the world.