Travel

The pictures found on this page are photographed by me on my first trip to Italy and Greece in September 1998. It was my first time to Europe and I enjoyed it immensely. I did a whirl-wind tour of Italy; Siena, Colle, San Gimignano, Montepluciano, Venice, Florence and Rome. Thanks to the older Italian gentleman who couldn't speak English (nor I Italian) who helped me understand that tickets must be validated before you enter the train to avoid a fine, and also for directing me to the correct track for the train switch in Chiusi.

When the whirl-wind tour of Italy ended, we rested in Mykonos, Greece. Mykonos has a reputation as the glitziest island in Greece. Mykons Town is a maze, and found it difficult to traverse, you never knew if the alley would take you to a dead end or someplace that you already been. It was fun and relaxing. We sunned ourselves by the pool and also made a day trip to a beach called Super Paradise. While in the Greek Islands we took a day trip to Delos. Delos is one the most important archaeological sites in Greece. It is an open air archaeological museums with mosaics and marble ruins.

Other places of interest I would like to see are Australia, Peru, Germany, Egypt, Serengeti and Japan.

Pictures on this page were taken with an Olympus D-600L digital camera, click on images, to view larger image .

Firenza, Italia

Campanile	View from Piazzale Michelangelo	The Boboli Gardens	Fontana Di Nettuno	Palazzo Vecchio & Uffizi
Delos, Greece

Lion from Lion Terrace	Delos from Mount Kythnos	Mount Kythnos	Mosiac Floor	Statues
Lucca, Italia

Torre dei Guinigi, with oak trees growing at the top.	17th Century Ramparts	Alpi Apuane	The Ascension San Frediano 13th Century Mosiac	17th Century Ramparts
Mykonos, Greece

Windmills	Super Paradise	Parapotiani Church	Little Venice	Mykonos Town
Roma, Italia

Spanish Steps	Fontana di Trevi	The Pantheon	Colosseum	Roman Forum
San Gimignano, Italia

A street view	Piazza della Cisterna	*Towers this picture was taken by my Roommate**	Sunflower field with San Giamignano in the background	Museo Civico and the tallest tower in town.
Siena, Italia

Duomo	Pilazzo Pubblico & Piazza del Campo	Duomo & Museo dell'Opera del Duomo	San Domenico	A Siena Street
Vatican City

Swiss Guard at the Vatican	Vatican Museums	Piazza San pietro	Sistine Chapel	St. Peter's Tomb
Venezia, Italia

Piazza San Marco	Gondola on a small canal	Horses of St. Mark	Basilica di San Marco	Santa Maria Dell Salute in the background

Basilica di San Marco	Gondala on a small canal	Receptionists at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Museum	The Rialto Bridge	Nuns feeding pigeons at Piazza San Marco



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Europe 1998