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July 29 China-- Beijing -- 2008-Olympics The 2008 Olympics Game is coming soon .... as a Chinese, am really proud of that!!!!
Cheer up !!! China!! Cheer up !! 2008-Olympics!!!!!
And also it's the time to tell u guys something about the Olympics Game in Beijing-- China.... In a word, it's awesome for the new style of spirit in China... here are a video and some amazing pics for u !!!
WELCOME TO BEIJING!!! WELCOME TO CHINA!!!!
PS: What a pity!! Kenny is in UK but not Beijing!! July 09 FroenceAfter three busy days in Roma, we arrived in Florence 13.06 and lived in B&H Hotels Diplomat/Via L.Alamanni which named four stars but its really bloody.. I don’t like it!!! In a word, am not very interest in the short stay in Florence…. But anyway, there is a must see – Gucci outlet … lmao am I so silly ?? what I could remember now is the old bridge market and the Pizza, its really yummy and the girls there are so hot and friendly….and then I will post some nice pics as follow: Um…..maybe I should do some work about the history of Florence firstly…
Florence is known as the “cradle of Renaissance” for its monuments, churches and buildings. The best-known site and crowning architectural jewel of Florence is the domed cathedral of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, known as The Duomo. The magnificent dome was built by Filippo Brunelleschi. The nearby Campanile tower and the Baptistery buildings are also highlights. Both the dome itself and the campanile are open to tourists and offer excellent views; The dome, 600 years after its completion, is still the largest dome built in brick and mortar in the world At the heart of the city in Piazza della Signoria is Bartolomeo Ammanati's Fountain of Neptune, which is a masterpiece of marble sculpture at the terminus of a still functioning Roman aqueduct. The Arno river, which cuts through the old part of the city, is as much a character in Florentine history as many of the men who lived there. Historically, the locals have had a love-hate relationship with the Arno — which alternated from nourishing the city with commerce, and destroying it by flood.
Facade and Campanile (bell tower) of Santa Maria del Fiore. The Baptistery can be seen in the right foreground. One of the bridges in particular stands out as being unique — The Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge), whose most striking feature is the multitude of shops built upon its edges, held up by stilts. The bridge also carried Vasari's elevated corridor linking the Uffizi to the Medici residence. First constructed by the Etruscans in ancient times, this bridge is the only one in the city to have survived World War II intact.
Ponte Vecchio visto dal ponte di Santa Trinita
ampanileGiotto
Crostini Toscani
July 07 Lovely trip in Euro-- RomaI am just coming back from my trip in Euro and i will show my visiting in pics, its awesome!!!! ROMA is coming ..... The city of Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus[11] on April 21, 753 BC, and archaeological evidence supports the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built in the area of the future Roman Forum, coalescing into a city in the 8th century BC. The city developed into the capital of the Roman Kingdom (ruled by a succession of seven kings, according to tradition), Roman Republic (from 510 BC, governed by the Senate), but finally the Roman Empire (from 27 BC, ruled by an Emperor); this success depended on military conquest, commercial predominance, as well as selective assimilation of neighboring civilizations, most notably the Etruscans and Greeks. From the foundation of Rome in 753 BC, the City of Rome was undefeated militarily (though losing occasional battles), until 386 BC, when Rome was occupied by the Celts (one of the three main Gallic tribes), and then recovered by Romans in the same year. Livy, Book 5. According to the history, the Gauls offered to deliver Rome back to its people for a thousand pounds of gold, but the Romans refused, preferring to take back their city by force of arms rather than ever admitting defeat. Roman dominance expanded over most of Europe and the shores of the Mediterranean sea, while its population surpassed one million inhabitants. For almost a thousand years, Rome was the most politically important, richest and largest city in the Western world, and remained so after the Empire started to decline and was split, even if it ultimately lost its capital status to Milan and then Ravenna, and was surpassed in prestige by the Eastern capital Constantinople.
Vatican CityVatican CityThe city of Rome surrounds the Vatican City, the enclave of the Holy See, which is a separate sovereign state. It hosts Saint Peter's Square with the Saint Peter's Basilica. The open space before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as a forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace" In Vatican City there are also the Vatican Library, Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms and other important works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giotto, and Botticelli. St Peter's Square St Peter's Square
BY THE WAY, I BOUGHT A CRUCIFIX IN VANTICAN CITY!!! GOD BLESS ME !!!
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