====== Italy 2010 ======

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**Projet Caesar** | Du 18/11/2010 au 28/11/2010 (11 jours)</text>

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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]]
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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]]
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==== Intro ====

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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!

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==== D1 - Piove!====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**18/11/2010** | Grenoble - Lyon St Exupéry Airport - Rome - Palazzo Massimo - Rome - Terme di Diocleziano - Rome - Santa Maria degli Angeli - Rome - Piazza Esedra</text>

  * 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!
  * "<i>Dove la stazione per il treno Roma-Vitterbo ?"</i>, 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...
  * "<i>Mammamia!</i>", he was saying again and again.
  * Because of the rain, I visited The National Roman Museum.

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==== D2 - Colosseo====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**19/11/2010** | Rome - Colosseo - Rome - Palatino - Rome - Foro romano - Rome - Capitoline - Rome - Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II - Rome - Pantheon</text>

  * I had my ticket checked in the subway (Ep. II).
  * Tanks to the <i>Roma Pass</i>, I skept the line to enter the Coliseum.
  * It worth it, despite of the crowd.
  * "<i>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>"
  * 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...====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**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</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**21/11/2010** | Rome - Napoli - Pompei</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**22/11/2010** | Pompei</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**23/11/2010** | Herculanum - Napoli</text>

  * 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!====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**24/11/2010** | Napoli - Rome</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**25/11/2010** | Rome - Museo del Vaticano - Rome - Basilica di San Pietro - Rome - Circo Massimo - Rome - Terme di Caracalla</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**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</text>

  * 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**27/11/2010** | Rome - Museo Borghese - Rome - Villa Borghese - Rome - Centro Storico</text>

  * First (and single) day <u>WITHOUT RAIN</u> 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====

<text type="muted" size="10" align="justify">**28/11/2010** | Rome - Centro Storico - Lyon St Exupéry Airport - Grenoble</text>

  * 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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