Saturday, July 30, 2011

More from Rome

I find this fun and very romantic in the silly way. Young adults (teenagers to early 20's) become couples and promise their love to each other all over the world. In Italy, there is a custom/tradition that when young people want to share that love, they buy a lock, attach it to a bridge and then both toss the key into the river as a sign that their love cannot be broken. A nice symbol and tradition and harmless to society. Notice either names or initials and also remember that most of the world writes their dates as day/month/year.

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This is a nice and different view of the Colosseum. I like how it rises up from below street level.

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This is a great shot of a waining moon in the morning sky. The angel is one of many decorating the bridge to Castel San Angelo (Castle of the Angel).
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and walking at night is an essential in Rome, as dinner isn't served in many places until after 7:30 or 8PM. In fact we saw many people coming in to order dinner at 10PM. This was taken on the way back from dinner.

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2 comments:

Magda said...

tus fotos estas muy bonitas, me encantaron la de los candados.

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