Going back through the ages!
Looking back across the years, I thought about those days before COVID… aka before the missing years!
And I remember our trip to Italy, so here are some images from a walk across the forum…
It’s good to think back across the years, in this case we were there in May of 2017. It was wonderful to be in Italy and enjoy both antiquity and food!
The best spots ever?
Welcome to the 181st round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Thank you for an amazing line-up of tourist location that you enjoyed and some of the side-effects of locations being popular! I can fully relate to some of the great examples of tourist spots being overrun by crowds to the point that they are no longer fun to visit. For that reason, it’s that much more satisfying to find those amazing spots that not only speak to you, but also give you the sense of being the only person in the world, who has found it… Those are magic moments!
Thank you for creating this fun reading experience for me, and I hope that you enjoy each other’s posts!
Here is one of my preferred tourist destinations…
This photo really reflects part of my positive tourism experience with Rome; after being overwhelmed by the crowds in the Colosseum (seen in the background), it was a breath of fresh air to visit the Palatine Hill, as it was not overrun by selfie-stick toting tourists… Furthermore, walking across this hill is a trip across history and gave me a real sense of the seat of power that used to be located in this area.
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Walk the forum!
Welcome to the 163rd round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Your ancient thoughts were fantastic! You were creative in your approaches, ranging from matinees to mountains that hundreds of millions of years old! I very much enjoyed reading all your posts, some of which reminded me of my ancient life and made me chuckle.
All of you did a great job and I appreciate all the effort you put into your contributions!!
Here are some ancient bits…
This look across the Forum Romanum is still one of my favorite views from our visit to Rome in 2017. In one view we get to see different periods of history from ancient Roman times to 20th century Italy.
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Welcome to the 149th round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Layers definitely got your creative juices flowing, as you put together some amazing posts! I’m somewhat partial to those that feature foods, as they all looked very delicious! There were also stunning landscapes and cute puppies and kittens! Going back through layers of time definitely made me think!
Thank you for all your effort and thought that you put into these amazing posts, as they were a pleasure to read and absorb!!
Here’s a trip back through the layers of time…
The Roman Forum is a stunning place to visit; as you traverse the Palatine hill and walk across the Forum, you walk through history. Few places on the planet are tied to history the way this location is.
The following were this week’s participants in the challenge with links to their posts:
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Supersize your ideas!
Welcome to Week 128 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Last week’s theme of Our World unleashed a great number of creative posts, as you shared views of your world and what the world might be with great photography, poetry and prose! As I’m writing this post during a business trip, I thought I’d let a little bit of my current locale seep into the theme for this week; I’m in Austin, Texas, for 3 days, and, as you might know, everything is bigger in Texas! Therefore, this week’s theme is Go Big!
Unleash your creative minds, lenses and pens, and share what Go Big! might mean to you. As always, you have license to take the theme into any direction of your choosing, so have fun with this theme!
I’m filled with anticipation of what you might produce!!
Here’s something from antiquity, when the Romans went big…
Of course, the Colosseum is colossal, as you can tell from the size of the people in one of the leftmost arches on the second row… The sheer size of the structure is imposing and its state of preservation across the ages is mind-boggling, particularly, when taking into account that it stands in an earthquake prone land.
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
I’m definitely looking forward to finding out what supersized items appear this week!
Politics and intrigue
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the theme of Peek. A bit of an interesting theme, as it allows us to take it into many directions.
As I mentioned yesterday, there are a couple of images that came to mind. Today’s image is also from this year’s trip to Italy and is probably one of my favorites. In this photo, we get to look across the ages at a location that has had a significant impact on Western civilization: the Roman Forum. Many political deals were made here, the fate of countries and people were decided and much intrigue played out!
Take a walk back into history…
Looking from ancient to more modern in the background, one can walk and explore many events in one locale.
Hope you enjoyed this look back and have a wonderful day!
Colossal arches make the rounds
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the theme of Rounded. The first entry that I put together for this challenge was from Nature, so why not one that is man-made this time?
There is a lot of structures that are rounded, as the arch is one of the quintessential load-distribution mechanisms in architecture. The arch spans a large area by resolving downward forces into compressive stresses along its curved shape. The first arches appeared in the 2nd millennium BCE in Mesopotamia and were perfected by the Romans to build structures that still stand across the ages.
Take a look back into history with the set of arches on display here…
The Colosseum has withstood both time and earthquakes (and pollution) to still stand proud in the 21st century!
Have a wonderful day!
Foro Romano e Palatino!
As I’m off to Israel for a week for business (sorry no time for photography), I thought I’d prepare a couple of blog posts in advance. I’m flying Alitalia from Boston to Rome to Tel Aviv, so it’s only appropriate to have this post scheduled for the time that I spend about an hour and a half at the Leonardo da Vinci airport outside Roma.
This third installment of images is somewhat larger, but there are still more to come!
The views in this set are across multiple directions of the Palatine Hill and capture some of the key elements that stand out. There is so much to see that we could have spent the entire day exploring.
The ages open up
One of the wonderful places that we visited in Italy were the Palatine Hill and Forum in Rome. Getting away from the overcrowded Colosseum, it was just amazing to take in the atmosphere and history that is represented by the Forum, where you can truly see the centuries and their most significant events during the days of the Roman republic and empire.
Here’s the first installment of Forum images.
I hope you enjoy them!
What is old in your life?
Welcome to Week 59 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.
Of course, there’s still some of la Bella Italia in my system for this week’s theme, as there was so much to see and experience during our short, 12 days on vacation. So, in keeping with the spirit of the antiquities, I’m giving you the challenge to photograph something that talks to the theme of Old!
In this challenge, feel free to approach it in any way you like, keeping in mind that Old is a very relative concept, so you could even go out with the old, or rely on Old Faithful! Have fun with this theme and show of your characteristic creativity!
Here’s something old that I came across….
The Palatine Hill and the Forum are amazing locations in Rome, which are well worth the experience. To me, they really gave a sense of going back in time, in a bit of a surreal fashion, and looking across the ages…
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Very much looking forward to all of your great images! Should be a fun week!
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