The first sign of greece... erm... literally... haha... ok... let me say something about the greek language... pi-alpha-lambda-omega-sigma-ro-epsilon... haha... greek will drive us engineers mad!!.. density 3.142 wavelength summation stress... wait wait!!... i dun understand!!... argghh... shut'up!!.. haha... ok ok... lame... but i suddenly see the link between greek and geek ... haha... haizz.. reminds me that my exams are less than a month away... haizzz... sianzz sianzz... pi-alpha-lambda-omega-sigma-ro-epsilon... .. ...
The greek guards... tunic.. skirt... tights... and check out those shoes!!! haha... yes... i know... they look totally gay... agreed... i seriously doubt that the greek army will ever re-live the glory days of alexander da great... com'on... just look at them... haha... 
Ever wondered why ancient greek statues are usually head-less??? .. well... here is your answer... they are all here!!... this museum has a head fetish... no... seriously...
Arte di contemporari... heh... the definitive italian underground... and this is not an isolated case... almost every tube train is like that... and not just one carriage but the whole length of the train!... i have one word... colourful... two words... very colourful...
Ok... this building is breath-taking... it is huge... super-sized... yeah... just to give you a sense of its atrocious size... just see how tiny the people (at the near bottom of the pic) are compared to this structure... insane!!!!...
another huge structural atrocity commited here at st paul's cathedral... another famous cathedral... just check out the size of the column in relation to the man taking photo!!... and the top of column is not even the ceiling yet!!... madness... clearly, catholic fore-fathers have nothing better to do...
Ok... this is gorgeous... the most beautiful hall way i have ever seen!!... after opening the door... you enter the hallway and your jaw just free-falls... and everyone around you has the same reaction... with their jaws on the floor... yup... no joke... ok... some background info... this hallway leads to the sistine chapel... the people at the vatican really know how to wet your appitite!...
Hey hey!! guess who else was at rome!... it was man u vs roma!... haha... and not as if the easter crowds were bad enough... man u decided to bring their beer-bellied fans along... haha anyway...no... i din watch... which was a good thing since there was a riot in the stands during the match... saw it on the italian news...
St Peters Basillica... the biggest nicest cathedral in the world... yup... check out this huge magnificent architectural master-piece... designed by michelangelo himself... no less... yup... and thats me at the bottom of the pic waving both hands in the air...
i must say... the weather at vatican city was especially 'holy' when i was there... the sun's rays through the clouds is just... ooo... holiness.... haha... nice pic... can just about hear the angels sing... haha... ok ok... joking...
notice anything??... had too much to drink??... seeing double?? ... oh well... all i can say is that two is better than one... apparently... haha.... according to my friend... the two aint identical... one is circular... the other more eplitical... just so that they will look identical at the centre of the square... anyway... i cant tell the diff... so it works!!.. that or i cant be bothered...
haha... check out the swiss guards!!... haha... a.k.a. holy jesters... haha... sorry... couldnt help it... anway... on a serious note... they used to serve as the pope's personal body guard... today they are ceremonial... yeah... these costumes uniforms are at least 500 years old... also designed by michelangelo ... who was clearly no fashionista...
I guess its not just christians who celebrate easter... haha... guess who else was at the st peters basillica... the dalai lama's representitives!!... oommmmm.... haha... hmm... interesting...
ok... this shot is illegal... technically... no photos allowed... but as u can see... it was poorly reinforced... anyhow... this is the celebrated and original statue of david... hero of the renaissance... yup... once again... presenting michelangelo... yeah... his works seem to be everywhere...
Fall!.. tower... fall!!... haha... everyone at pisa just have to take this kinda shot... pretending as if they could hold up the tower... haizz... so this photo was kinda taken out of tradition... lesson learnt: engineering failures can be favourable...
just to show you how bad the tilt of the leaning tower is... yup... its very bad... close to 10 degrees maybe??.. but not to worry... here comes moderning engineering to the rescue... the top part of the tower has been straightened to shift the CG back in... you can see from the previous picture that the tower actually curves upwards... yup... the view from the tower top was beautiful too... :)
florentinian street artist... and there are lots of them around... this one looks japanese... but i din ask... so dun take my word... nice drawing though...
finally... the venetian sunset... the sun... sea... and city... awwww... so beautiful.... its venice... could you expect any less??... anyway... this pic is currently my desktop pic... until next time...
ciao
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