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Archive for December, 2009

Fauntastic Four

Fauntastic Four, originally uploaded by Sienar. Happy New Year from Rome! Be safe and God bless you. See everyone next year! Visit Flickr to see this photo larger.

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Colosseum Panorama, originally uploaded by Sienar. You know you want to see this photo bigger. We visited the Colosseum and Roman Forum early this morning. It has to be the most impressive piece of Roman architecture I have ever seen. Truly something that must be marveled simply because of the time when it was constructed [...]

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Tivoli, Italy: Symmetry

Symmetry, originally uploaded by Sienar. Look at this photo Bigger. We traveled by train to Tivoli early this morning and spent the day roaming the gardens at Villa D’Este. The Villa covers a large area of land and has over 500 fountains. We were lucky that the rain decided to avoid us because we were [...]

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Altar at Saint Peter’s Basilica, originally uploaded by Sienar. LOOK AT IT LARGE ON BLACK We spent the day today in Vatican City visiting the museum. The last stop was Saint Peter’s Basilica which can only be described as beautifully epic. The artistry and detail that is painstakingly poured into every inch of this church [...]

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Rome-ing The City

Eurotrip-20091228-618, originally uploaded by Sienar. Us in front of a fountain that was sculpted by Bernini. It was raining for most of the time we were walking the streets last night. We woke up extra early today because we are visiting the Vatican and want to get there before it opens. Set-up my camera on [...]

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Pantheon, originally uploaded by Sienar. LOOK AT IT LARGER! The Pantheon. This 2,000 year old building is one of the oldest standing buildings in Rome. I’ve only read about this building and seen it in my art history books. Seeing this in person is impressive. I shot some photos of the interior dome because the [...]

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Sant Ignazio di Loyola

Sant Ignazio di Loyola, originally uploaded by Sienar. Look at this Photo LARGER! First Day in Rome. Landed this morning in Rome and immediately set out to see as much as we possibly could. One of our stops was the beautiful Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order of priests. Needless [...]

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Empire State of View, originally uploaded by Sienar. First, You must look at this on Black No tripods are allowed on the observation floor of the Empire State Building. The view of the city that I wanted to photograph the most and my only hope for a stable shot was taken from me. No matter, [...]

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New York

Went to New York City with family and my camera. It was a wonderful opportunity to photograph something different and I took full advantage. I had traveled to New York when I was younger, but I don’t remember much from that trip so it was really cool to be able to see the entire city [...]

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