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10: Even more Paris
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11: The Eiffel Tower Page
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12: More Venice and Rome
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13: More Rome
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14: More Florence
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15: More Nice, Montpellier, Bordeaux and Bilbao
VENICE
The Grand Canal as seen from the Rialto Bridge. Have you ever beheld a more breathtaking sight?
Me in St. Mark's Square.
Another shot of the Grand Canal. Yes folks, it really does look that impressive in person.
ROME
Me at the Coliseum. I admit to Photoshopping this picture a little, by adding a tiny bit more contrast so my silhouette is starker. This is one of those chance pictures at sunset (surely the best time to take photos!), because I had to climb up on top of the remains of a Roman column before the guard told me to get down.
The Trevi Fountain in Rome. I still don't see what the big deal is: I think it looks like something out of Disney World. But I did take a fabulous night shot of it, if I do say so myself. (What you don't see in the picture are the hoards and hoards of annoying, pea-brain tourists that fester around the fountain all day and night, destroying whatever serenity may be found at the fountain in the first place.)
Forget the old ruins, here's my own favourite building in Rome: the imposing Palazzo della Civilita, aka the "Square Coliseum." Built by Mussolini to evoke the power of the Classical Roman Empire, it's now an office building in the suburbs (no tourists anywhere!) and under renovation, which made taking photos of it a challenge. It's a wonderfully freaky example of what I call "fascist architecture": stark, intimidating, even a little surreal and futuristic. Doesn't it look like it belongs in George Orwell's "1984"? Flanking its four corners are huge stone statues that merge Roman sculpture with 1930s art deco to depict war and power.
