====== Italy 2010 ======
**Projet Caesar** | Du 18/11/2010 au 28/11/2010 (11 jours)
45.188933, 5.724707, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Grenoble]]
45.720113328445166, 5.079717636108398, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Lyon St Exupéry Airport]]
41.901390665202086, 12.49845027923584, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Rome - Palazzo Massimo]]
41.90311349689565, 12.49993085861206, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Rome - Terme di Diocleziano]]
41.9036345295389, 12.497409582138062, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Rome - Santa Maria degli Angeli]]
41.90270425371569, 12.49621868133545, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D1 - Piove!|D1 - Rome - Piazza Esedra]]
41.89021808166821, 12.492055892944336, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Colosseo]]
41.8895232245744, 12.488837242126465, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Palatino]]
41.8918513654178, 12.488086223602295, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Foro romano]]
41.89329293324734, 12.482786178588867, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Capitoline]]
41.89539732426728, 12.482796907424927, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II]]
41.89930643587748, 12.476949691772461, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D2 - Colosseo|D2 - Rome - Pantheon]]
41.89750963185972, 12.497420310974121, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore]]
41.886056813071264, 12.506282329559326, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano]]
41.90260843054334, 12.466381788253784, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Castel Sant Angelo]]
41.902237114392214, 12.457273006439209, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Piazza San Pietro]]
41.899098807774415, 12.473001480102539, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Piazza Navona]]
41.89539732426728, 12.482796907424927, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II]]
41.8918513654178, 12.488086223602295, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D3 - Churchs...|D3 - Rome - Foro romano]]
41.89627180412692, 12.484245300292969, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D4 - Napoli|D4 - Rome]]
40.83913874959545, 14.25201416015625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D4 - Napoli|D4 - Napoli]]
40.748931335639384, 14.500880241394043, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D4 - Napoli|D4 - Pompei]]
40.748931335639384, 14.500880241394043, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D5 - Pompei|D5 - Pompei]]
40.80607855357839, 14.352951049804688, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Herculaneum|D6 - Herculanum]]
40.83913874959545, 14.25201416015625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D6 - Herculaneum|D6 - Napoli]]
40.83913874959545, 14.25201416015625, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D7 - Margherita!|D7 - Napoli]]
41.89627180412692, 12.484245300292969, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D7 - Margherita!|D7 - Rome]]
41.904696544596135, 12.454569339752197, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Vatican|D8 - Rome - Museo del Vaticano]]
41.90210136386248, 12.458324432373047, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Vatican|D8 - Rome - Basilica di San Pietro]]
41.8860727877492, 12.485339641571045, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Vatican|D8 - Rome - Circo Massimo]]
41.87866809639756, 12.491798400878906, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D8 - Vatican|D8 - Rome - Terme di Caracalla]]
41.858806187442966, 12.47622013092041, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura]]
41.8893395254588, 12.470254898071289, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Santa Maria in Trastevere]]
41.88846894420535, 12.473623752593994, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Trastevere]]
41.899098807774415, 12.473001480102539, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Piazza Navona]]
41.89930643587748, 12.476949691772461, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Pantheon]]
41.900903552562696, 12.483129501342773, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Fontana di Trevi]]
41.906267, 12.483227, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti]]
41.91288065442666, 12.484674453735352, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Villa Borghese]]
41.91073691830061, 12.476327419281006, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Piazza del Popolo]]
41.89021808166821, 12.492055892944336, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Colosseo]]
41.8918513654178, 12.488086223602295, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D9 - Dolce Vita|D9 - Rome - Foro romano]]
41.91399041877418, 12.49194860458374, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D10 - Borghese|D10 - Rome - Museo Borghese]]
41.91288065442666, 12.484674453735352, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D10 - Borghese|D10 - Rome - Villa Borghese]]
41.898284260235705, 12.473173141479492, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D10 - Borghese|D10 - Rome - Centro Storico]]
41.898284260235705, 12.473173141479492, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D11 - Il ritorno|D11 - Rome - Centro Storico]]
45.720113328445166, 5.079717636108398, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D11 - Il ritorno|D11 - Lyon St Exupéry Airport]]
45.188933, 5.724707, 0, 0.8, intomywild.png, [[#D11 - Il ritorno|D11 - Grenoble]]
==== Intro ====
Of course, I could have choosen not to remember more than the 10 days of rain I experienced... But I was conscient of that risk before to leave (november is not august), and I've seen too many beautiful things to complain.
You'll certainly wonder why I say it rained so much, when the weather seems to be so nice on my pictures. I can explain it. First off all, I had the chance to enjoy great sunny intervals between gusts of rain. Secondly, please remember that it (almost) never rains inside chruchs and museums. And, finally, ... I'm talented !
Enjoy the trip!
==== D1 - Piove!====
**18/11/2010** | Grenoble - Lyon St Exupéry Airport - Rome - Palazzo Massimo - Rome - Terme di Diocleziano - Rome - Santa Maria degli Angeli - Rome - Piazza Esedra
* So hard to wake-up at 3 a.m.. Even to go on holidays!
* Lyon St Exupéry's Terminal 3 looks like EasyJet : definitely Low Cost!
* "Dove la stazione per il treno Roma-Vitterbo ?", were the first italian words of my trip.
* Of course, I paid attention to use my hands while speaking.
* I had my ticket checked in the subway (Ep. I).
* I met an italian guy that did not understand how and why, I could go on holidays alone, in november, with a tent and a heavy bag...
* "Mammamia!", he was saying again and again.
* Because of the rain, I visited The National Roman Museum.
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==== D2 - Colosseo====
**19/11/2010** | Rome - Colosseo - Rome - Palatino - Rome - Foro romano - Rome - Capitoline - Rome - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II - Rome - Pantheon
* I had my ticket checked in the subway (Ep. II).
* Tanks to the Roma Pass, I skept the line to enter the Coliseum.
* It worth it, despite of the crowd.
* "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
* I would have loved to see a true gladiators' fight.
* After the Coliseum, time to visit the Palatin and the Roman Forum...
* ... under the rain for more fun!
* Ancient romans were the kings of columns.
* But, today's, certainly not the kings of information's panels!
* A sunny interval allow me to spent some hours near the Pantheon.
* 2000 years... Unbelievable!!!
* Too much for my eyes...
* ... but also for my EOS 7D, that crashed, and crashed, and crashed again...
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==== D3 - Churchs...====
**20/11/2010** | Rome - Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore - Rome - Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome - Castel Sant Angelo - Rome - Piazza San Pietro - Rome - Piazza Navona - Rome - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II - Rome - Foro romano
* I had my ticket checked in the subway (Ep. II).
* To escape the rain, I've visited churchs and basilicas.
* So impressive and luxurious!
* After the rain, a blue sky to enjoy a wonderfull sunset.
* Time for my Canon 70-200 to show what it is capable of...
* Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! That's the difference between Canon L series and normal series!!!
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==== D4 - Napoli====
**21/11/2010** | Rome - Napoli - Pompei
* Traveling in Italian trains with Italian people is funny, but definitely not restful!
* Piles of trash and dozens of beggars... The first impression of Naples wasn't very pleasant...
* The second neither: dark alleys, noisy people, a dramatic lack of respect for everything and everyone...
* I couldn't stay longer.
* Luckily, the campsite was far away from this.
* A touch of wind and sun to dry my tent...
* ... And I felt asleep a few meters from Pompei ruins.
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==== D5 - Pompei====
**22/11/2010** | Pompei
* For some very long minutes, I walked alone in the streets of Pompei.
* Such a special and rare moment in life...
* Pompei is more than wonderfull...
* ... and looks still alive!
* I'm a lucky man!
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==== D6 - Herculaneum====
**23/11/2010** | Herculanum - Napoli
* After Pompei, some minutes alone in Herculaneum.
* Beautiful, but not as moving as Pompei.
* I decided then to give Naples another chance to convince me...
* ... But I still was chocked by the irrespectuous way of life of its inhabitants...
* I got over this disappointment with a succulent real napolitain pizza.
* In the Late Dark Deep of the Night, I experimented what must be the second most terrifying thunderstorm of my life (after Oslo's one)...
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==== D7 - Margherita!====
**24/11/2010** | Napoli - Rome
* The tent and associated stuffs were dramatically wet after this strong thunderstorm. How to get it dry?
* My new english friend gave me the solution: drying in the toilets with a portable heater!!! LOL
* Some pictures in the Goodies page.
* Last time in Naples for a last pizza.
* Gino Sorbillo, one of the best.
* Mammamia!!!
* I still remember its incomparable taste...
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==== D8 - Vatican====
**25/11/2010** | Rome - Museo del Vaticano - Rome - Basilica di San Pietro - Rome - Circo Massimo - Rome - Terme di Caracalla
* Vatican. State in the State.
* I didn't see the Pope.
* I didn't see Jesus neither.
* Neverthelss, I saw the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.
* St. Peter's is more than huge... but strangely doesn't seem so when inside.
* The Vatican State has its own post service.
* The beautiful sun convinced me to visit Caracalla's terms.
* I got there, entered the site...
* ... And, of course, it began to rain!
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==== D9 - Dolce Vita====
**26/11/2010** | Rome - Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura - Rome - Santa Maria in Trastevere - Rome - Trastevere - Rome - Piazza Navona - Rome - Pantheon - Rome - Fontana di Trevi - Rome - Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti - Rome - Villa Borghese - Rome - Piazza del Popolo - Rome - Colosseo - Rome - Foro romano
* Cold morning rain...
* I took the way to St. Paul's Outside the Walls Basilica.
* Means I've visited the four most important Basilicas of Rome.
* The sun came back.
* Allowing me to spent good time in Trastevere's streets.
* Red, yellow, ochre.
* Then in the Centro Storico.
* Piazza Navona, Pantheon, ...
* And, of course, the Trevi foutain, where I threw two coins. One to fulfil my wishes, and the second to be sure I'll be back to Rome one day.
* Yet another nice sunset on Roman ruins!
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==== D10 - Borghese====
**27/11/2010** | Rome - Museo Borghese - Rome - Villa Borghese - Rome - Centro Storico
* First (and single) day WITHOUT RAIN of the trip...
* ... and also LAST day of the trip!
* I'd like to say Galeria Borghese is wonderfull.
* But... honestly I can't!
* First of all, because classical painting is... just boring!
* And, secondly, because the way they exhibit paintings is absolutely scandalous!
* Luckily, thanks to Bernin's sculptures, the catastrophe was less catastrophic.
* A last walk in the Centre Storico, the place I prefer in Rome.
* Then, went to the Youth Hostel.
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==== D11 - Il ritorno====
**28/11/2010** | Rome - Centro Storico - Lyon St Exupéry Airport - Grenoble
* It was such a bloody mess in the airport, that it took me 20 minutes to check-in, and 40 to reach the security check!
* The good news was that, then, the waiting before boarding was short...
* The Alpes covered by snow... Home, sweet home !
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