Up until two days before the scheduled visit, I was so sure Pompeii was a person. I had in mind that we will see some monument of a person and display of his great works. When I was told that it’s a place, despondently all I could say was “Oh, it sounded like a guy’s …
Category: Europe
Travel Photo of the Week 9
It was a nice sunny day when I went to visit the Louvre Museum. The glass and metal pyramid in the background is the Louvre Pyramid which serves as the main entrance to the museum. This structure, which was highly controversial when it was first built, has now become a landmark in Paris. When queues …
Travel Photo of the Week 8
I am enjoying the sights of Lake Como onboard a Battello, a slow boat which is great for taking photos (it has an outside deck) and travels leisurely. The other two types of boat that run along the lake for public transport are Aliscafo, a rapid-service by hydrofoil, and Traghetto, a car ferry that services …
