Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A Moving Picture tour of Europe, of a Sort.

We got to our hotel room in Rone after a 9 hour flight, and we were given about 30 minutes to rest before we headed off on a city tour. Rhonda didn't waste any time...


We toured many sites around the city, then we met at the Pantheon to head off to dinner. There was a neat band playing by the fountain...



By Florence we realized we hadn't posted as many videos as we intended, so we remedied that situation...sort of...



Oh, another amazing thing did happen at Florence - Rhonda got an impromptu haircut by a smashing Florentine...


So then she had to do the traditional thing and rub the boar's nose to ensure that we would return to Florence.


We did the tourist thing at Pisa...

But then redeemed ourselves by getting the angelic sounds of reverberation in the baptistry while someone was singing...



Then we saw the changing of the guard in Monaco at the palace. All pomp and circumstance!



I love it in Europe that people go out in the evening, whereas in America we tend to go home and stay in. These folks are all gathered in a piazza, doing a traditional Catalonian dance in Barcelona, Spain...



And, as a change, current music on the street - and a little old lady in blue dancing away. 



I had to get this last clip from YouTube. I suppose I was too overwhelmed by this when I was there - this man playing this song in Park Guell designed by Gaudi was one of the most exquisite things I've ever experienced. It moved me to tears...


Saturday, March 21, 2009

Explorica



Home from Europe! More to follow...