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Instagram, Italy 2016

by Dr Yool

A collection of Instagrammed snaps from our 2016 trip to Italy

137 photos · 7 views
It's time to go - next stop Rome (well, technically it's Gatwick ...)
Awaiting Leg 2 (post-taxi)
Leg 3 awaits on the tarmac ...
OK - so now I've landed ... Made even better by the accompaniment of a Bossa Nova version of Phil Collins - it's culture, culture, culture from here on in
The branding of our host - the CNR - even extends to how they lay out their sugar sachets ...
This looks very familiar ... yes, Las Vegas' Venice hotel!
Rome's big on graffiti, but Wonder Woman is still unexpected
Random non-ruins in Rome - I’m sure it'll all make sense by and by ...
A Brexiteer's wet dream
Five courses later ... the CRESCENDO project puts on a grand spread (and, no, I skipped the veal)
Day 3 at the CNR ... Q: will 1.5 degrees C climate change fly? A: seems a bit optimistic
The holidays begin! *Almost* - still waiting for the final ingredient - Carole - to arrive ...
The Spanish Steps are not discernibly different from the many Italian steps I've taken today
... Though the view is good from the top of the Steps ...
So it's not just Britain who stole stuff from Egypt ...
Another glorious Roman square, another column-mounted Saint ...
The stuff of Empire ...
The top part of the Trevi Fountain - the bottom part was swarmed with tourists like me
She made it! And we're pounding the streets as tourists already ...
I Am Spartacus!
Glorious Ruin
Are we sure the Romans didn't invent cricket?
Fascist Aesthetic
This is our sky, how's yours?
One of Il Duce's fave haunts, the Vittoriano
Caught a nice bit of go-slow direct action by an enormous peloton of cyclists in the 'burbs of Rome
Definitely having one of these in the lounge when we get home!
The Dove From Above
Gold-plated ceilings seem to be a thing in Rome
While there's a lot of work on offer, I pity the person whose job it is to make anatomically-realistic horse statues
Another testament to Roman building: a theatre built by Julius Caesar
Lunch and a half
After a stormy night, the azure returns
No entry to the Vatican this way ...
OK, so where are all the Swiss Guards then?
A rare hour of control ... as land-pedalo driver
Another crossing of the Tiber
The Man himself at the Museo Napoleonico
A fine Art Nouveau design fit for Emperor Napoleon
Clearly honouring a giant of pasta invention ...
Taking in some lush Vatican art
Another day, another oculus
Man - we seemed to look *everywhere* in the Vatican, but no sign of the Pope
The queues are usually longer than this
Grand trip through the Vatican today with @italy_with_us - thanks Roberta!
More fab classic sculpture than you can shake a stick at
Our chariot to Florence
Saving this baby - the Duomo - for later
Like jewellery? Ponte Vecchio could be for you ...
Nothing says classy like a giant-sized, golden sculpture of a man (Elvis, surely!) riding an enormous turtle
E X I T
Skulltastic graffiti
Cupola Top Shot
Up On The Roof
We've been there!
Duomo hedgehogs
Pious Roof, 1
Pious roof, 2
A little bit of David
Pious Roof, 3
Tourist time
A steep climb but rewarded with a lovely view ...
A nice meet-up with a Florence native
A nice bit of Botticelli ...
Sun's Up, Buns Up
The Man Himself (plus groupies, including us)
Ginger Messiah
No Talking, Just Heads
Pesto time!
Two weeks in Italy = time for a laundry run ...
How green is your apple juice?
Under the Etruscan sun
Said Etruscan sky
Another day, another bell tower
Round two of today's inscrutable riot just outside our hotel
Another day, another bell tower
Panna cotta time!
Inevitable
A "light snack" in Lucca
Sharing a small train to Florence with two separate classes of teenagers - promises to be fun
Pisa's own Duomo
It's not all about the Leaning Tower
Lucca's most famous son
Yet another day, yet another bell tower
If nothing else, we've learnt that the cheese course comes first in Italy
I wonder if they come in my size?
Ava - not just my lovely niece, but also a holiday lifesaver that's kept me in clean underpants!
Going up?
Arrivederci Florence ...
There's a lot of delays on the trains today - Il Duce would be very disappointed ...
While in snow globe collecting mode in Florence, we thought we'd scope out ones including Michelangelo's David. This is one from the Galleria dell'Accademia - the actual place where David is housed - and they coloured his fucking hair in. Savages! ;-) [We
Andy & Tracy [from Writing Home, by Alan Bennett]
Our last leg - Vernazza
Wide Mediterranean Sea
Windy, Twisty, Turny
It happens every day
Nearby rain, distant satellite
Harbour by night
Cinque Terre (semi-)underground - our tour guide for this rainy day
Cinque Terre 1, Riomaggiore
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