Wednesday, October 11, 2006
28 July: Field of Flowers
Our first stop is to Piazza de’ Fiori (Field of flowers)
Nothing special. Just a very colorful chalk drawing on the sidewalk. Man these people have free time.
Piazza de’Fiori
There are fruits, vegetables, spices (which we got a bagful of) sold there. The place was quite lively and people moved their goods on one of these
I even placed a Shuyi there for scale.
There are lotsa drinking fountains like this. The ice cold water just keep on flowing. I reckon its some underground spring water or something. We were fortunate to have these drinking fountains lying around. Restaurants are charging 2 Euros for plain water! Robbers! We shopped around for a picnic lunch and proceeded to Piazza Navona (see? another one).
Piazza Navona is this longish Piazza with three superb fountains flanked by restaurants.
The fountains with the 4 symbols of great rivers is very intricate. If only we had a guide with us to explain what they mean.
Here is the other fountain. They all have big names and bigger stories about them. But you'll have to read up on them. I forgot liao.
Of course the horn no sound come out la. Got water inside.
Italian chick has no respect for public property.We found this little spot by the sidewalk and sat down for our lunch.
Our head got stuck together for awhile.
Kua simi?
These cherries look like the real deal but taste like fuck. We threw them away.We found this grandma soaking in the fountain with a blanket wrapped around her. Weird place for a spa retreat.
This is the statue of Mr Girodano. This homie was burnt at the stake for insisting that the Earth revolves the Sun. Sway sia.
Next, off to Pantheon, Temple of the Gods. It is a Roman style temple with a huge hole in the roof. Seriously.
See?
It's very dark there with the hole in the roof being the only light source. Wonder what happens when it rains.
As the sun moves, the distinct circle of light on the floor moves too. Like your personal spotlight.
Next we walked around and visited a few churches. There is one with a fake dome on the roof. It is achieved by some special painting technique. The floor roof looks like a round circular done when you view it near the entrance. Viewed from other angles, it just look like shit. They wanted to build a dome back then but some bitchin' nuns whine that the dome would block their view. For sure. I'm not kidding.
This is the proper angle to view the dome.
In another church, we saw this
and this
Nice.
This sculpture is supposed to be quite famous. I think it is done by Bernini.
Along the way we came across
This group of ruins barricaded in the middle of the street. A slice of history right there.
Shuyi acting Italian.
Next we walked over to the Jewish Ghetto and Timer River. This is me asking for directions. I do that a hundred times per day.
Along the road, we saw
This dude will rush out whenever the light turns red and wipe car windscreens often to the protest of the car owners in the hope of earning some cash. No one gave a shit about him.
Locked away in a renovating church, we saw this.
This is thought to be an ancient manhole cover. Nabeh their sewer so big meh? Maybe is to let the Ninja Turtle get in and out easier. Some might find this design familiar as the fortune-telling-money-ripping-fortune-telling machine you see in arcades. There is a legend about how the mouth will close and bite you if you lie. Bluff who?
Along the road, we saw
This dude will rush out whenever the light turns red and wipe car windscreens often to the protest of the car owners in the hope of earning some cash. No one gave a shit about him.
Locked away in a renovating church, we saw this.
Time to go home.
As the sun moves, the distinct circle of light on the floor moves too. Like your personal spotlight.
Next we walked around and visited a few churches. There is one with a fake dome on the roof. It is achieved by some special painting technique. The floor roof looks like a round circular done when you view it near the entrance. Viewed from other angles, it just look like shit. They wanted to build a dome back then but some bitchin' nuns whine that the dome would block their view. For sure. I'm not kidding.
This is the proper angle to view the dome.In another church, we saw this
and this
Nice.
This sculpture is supposed to be quite famous. I think it is done by Bernini.
Along the way we came across
This group of ruins barricaded in the middle of the street. A slice of history right there.
Shuyi acting Italian.
Next we walked over to the Jewish Ghetto and Timer River. This is me asking for directions. I do that a hundred times per day.
Along the road, we saw
This dude will rush out whenever the light turns red and wipe car windscreens often to the protest of the car owners in the hope of earning some cash. No one gave a shit about him.Locked away in a renovating church, we saw this.
This is thought to be an ancient manhole cover. Nabeh their sewer so big meh? Maybe is to let the Ninja Turtle get in and out easier. Some might find this design familiar as the fortune-telling-money-ripping-fortune-telling machine you see in arcades. There is a legend about how the mouth will close and bite you if you lie. Bluff who?Along the road, we saw
This dude will rush out whenever the light turns red and wipe car windscreens often to the protest of the car owners in the hope of earning some cash. No one gave a shit about him.Locked away in a renovating church, we saw this.
Time to go home.
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