TarJaks European Invasion
 

Veni Vidi Vice... Thought I'd share some shots of my trip to Europe.

Starting this thread with some basic shots from the phone. When I get home I'll post some of the ones from the camera.

On the way over I had a 6 hour transfer in Hong Kong airport. It's huge:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0118.jpg

Shot from the rooftop garden of our hotel in Rome liking towards St Peter's Bascilica:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0121.jpg

Panorama of the Royal Palace in Naples:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0136.jpg

Monte Cassino monastery rebuilt after its destruction in WW2:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0131.jpg

More to come soon.

About time :cool:

Napoli:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0133.jpg

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Statue and guards outside the Royal Palace in Naples:
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What the Italian army are driving around in:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0138.jpg

So you invaded Italy and the army doesn't do anything...guess they switched sides again.:O:


:D

Nice pictures BTW.

No comparison between the body language of those two soldiers and those of the Household Guards on Royal Duties :o

Well they got rid of their royals:rotfl2:
But if you go round to the mews or across to the barracks away from the tourist lens, you find they dress and stand just like the Italians.

I was going to correct you since the actual words are Veni, Vidi, Vici, but, then, I realized it was you, Tarjak, so it may not have been a mistake... :D


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No mistake. :O:

Please tell me you went to Greece :)

Particularly Sparta, Pella, Athens, Thermopylae, Thebes, Marathon, Platea, Salamis, Thyrea, and Argos :D

Nope and no plans to in the near future. Spain is next to visit. So far done Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Scotland, York and Essex.

And Aldeburgh! :O: :haha:

LOL. Yes visited sunny Aldeburgh. Off to visit Bletchley Park today.

LOL :)

You survived last nights light show then.

We missed the ruddy lot! :doh:

So how's the pillaging and plundering going? When are you going to ravage the US (West coast)?:hmmm:

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When and where were you in Scotland?

Simply send the return flight tickets in the post, guarantee Neals attendance and I'll be over within 48 hours.

Flew into Edinburgh on the 5th of July, drove to Oban via stops for Bannockburn and Stirling Castle,then through the Lomond and Trussocks national park, then up to Inverness via Fort William, Fort Augustus, a cruise on Loch Ness then a quick visit to Urquhart Castle.
After the night in Inverness Castle visited Culloden before driving via a few distilleries to Stonehaven where we stayed at the Ship Inn right on the harbour. Visited Dunottar Castle. Then back to Edinburgh for a couple of nights visiting Edinburgh Castle, the auld town and a few of the sights in the area then flew back to Arranged on the 10th.

Same here. Not sure when it will be but not for the next couple of years.

Bletchley was great fun.got to see the Bombe, Tunny and Colossus rebuilds as well as the huts and big house.

Capri, Marina Grande
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On the road to Anacapri
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Monte Vesuvio
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Poolside at our hotel in Sorrento
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The Pantheon in Rome
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0177.jpg

The ubiquitous ceiling shot of the ceiling in the Pantheon
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Mixed messages from Rome
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/IMAG0184.jpg

Note that these are just the snaps from my phone. Higher quality images will be posted after I get home.