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Thread ID: 17954 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2005-04-25
2005-04-25 19:12 | User Profile
[I]Briefly, my wife and I went to Italy on free airline tickets for 10 days earlier this month, a few days after JPII died. Tix were set in stone, had to be used on these dates. Was unable to see the Sistine Chapel! Anyway, here's a small sample of the pics I took in Rome. If you want to see sample pics of Florence, Pisa, and Venice, let me know. Any questions about Italy from a White Nationalist perspective, let me know too.[/I]
The Colosseum, built 72-80 AD. Much of her stone was pilfered over the ensuing centuries after the collapse of the Empire. [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1169/2/3/50/36/83/8/883365003205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
Interior of the Colosseum and sub-floor [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1169/2/3/50/62/67/8/867625003205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
The Pantheon, "M. Agrippa, 3rd Consul, Built This", before Christ, but it was Emperor Hadrian who rebuilt it in 125 AD. He kept Agrippa's appellation. Was a pagan temple, now a Catholic church. [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1169/2/3/50/92/14/3/314925003205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
The Roman Forum, BC and AD Roman ruins. [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1169/2/3/50/18/62/7/762185003205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
Trajan's Forum and Trajan's Market [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1169/2/3/50/87/89/4/489875003205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
Castel Sant'Angelo (Hadrian's Mausoleum) The ancient mausoleum was eventually turned into a fortress in the early Middle Ages. [IMG]http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1176/2/13/20/14/10/3/310142013205_0_ALB.jpg[/IMG]
2005-04-25 19:17 | User Profile
I've traveled fairly widely, but I've never been to the Eternal City. Any general impressions you'd care to share?
2005-04-25 20:00 | User Profile
Quantrill, briefly, we loved Rome the most. Florence and Venice are awesome, but the Eternal City is, IMO, a must see city. It's crowded, graffitti is a problem (thanks MTV), lot's of traffic, taxis might rip you off, and the Italians are not the warmest people in the world, but you'd be hard pressed to find another place with so much history and beauty packed into it. Knowing a few phrases in Italian helps alot, of course, but most in the service sector speak decent English.
There are the few Gypsy beggars and pickpockets and a few African fake-Gucci vendors. I did [U]not[/U] see one [U]non-White[/U] police officer and very few women cops, nor did we see any non-White workers in the airport, even most of the food vendors were White (I don't make the distinction btwn Meds and Nordics, IMO they're all White). Honestly, there's hardly a non-White presence in Rome, especially when you compare it to NYC. I'm sure the negroes exist somewhere but Italy being less politically correct than US, they probably segregate them to the outskirts of town.
Restaurants and stores, 97% White workers. Food is delicious at various price ranges (3-4 Euro prosciutto and cheese sandwich, 7.50 Euro for a 12" dia pizza, 12 Euro for Veal Milanese) and the wine is great, costing 8-11 Euros a bottle at a restaurant, 4-6 Euros in a wine shop.
Rome has a very good bus system and also a street car thing. The subway I hear is good (didn't use it) but that's where many Gypsies hang out. We saw a 20 something Gyspy girl get busted by the Carabinieri for something she did, I don't know exactly. She decided she'd just lay down on the ground to give them a hard time. The male Carabinieri had no problem pulling the girl by the hair!! and dragged her to the paddy wagon in front of dozens of people!!! It was awesome! My wife and I both said that if that happened in NYC, Chicago or LA, the media would pounce on those cops and Al Sharpton would be marching in the streets.
If you're a history buff, art buff, a Roman Catholic (we're Protestant but appreciated the churches as works of art), or a White Nationalist, you'd be in pure heaven in Rome.
2005-04-26 02:35 | User Profile
I couldn't get the pix to come up. Is there something I should be doing that I'm not doing? Someday, I'd like to go to Milano and attend a performance at La Scala.