Beautiful building of airport
pic of Coliseum in airport
airport's toilet, cleanest place of Rome
📜How many things in the world are connected with the number 101, the most popular of them is probably 101roses, also 101 Dalmatians, 101Room "1984", Call 101" - the police service in Great Britain, the legendary US Route 101, and taking this opportunity I will continue the tradition and start this article 101Rome, simply concisely and without embellishment. Because this issue is really not about highlighting virtues but more about taking off rose-colored glasses on some things, including mine.
the way to the train station
metro station. interesting fact, in evening time, you can pass entrance without money, we paid though
first landmark great coliseum, was under restoration which spoiled the impressions
Darine measures her height with a column.
📜This visit of mine showed me the real Rome, just as I show you with all my possible real shots taken in many corners of Rome by a real person on a phone without photoshop and special effects. Although many things are of course mostly due to the achievements of their glorious ancestors, outstanding immortal monuments of the past. Because those things that I partly did on my drone Zelya and published in past issues.
These green, manicured lawns beckon with their acid green
📜So, Italy has always been an inaccessible distant dream for me, unattainable and majestic until my first visit. I live in Turkey and if I used to despise it in favor of Italy, then after visiting Italy my opinion turned 180 degrees. Now with the word Italy I have such words as chaos, carelessness, rudeness, indifference, impudence, impudence. The main components are how next to the grandiose sights famous throughout the world, and famous Italians that everyone knows about, there is modern Italy with its careless people without intelligence, tact and even without a hint of recreating the distant vibe of Italy about its beautiful restaurants with chic dishes and famous pastas.
A walk along this avenue with horses and tall trees with green crowns from the Colosseum to the Vittoriano at this very evening time when the sun sets and these shimmering sky colors created such a calming vibe, and there was still classical music playing near this Trajan's Column.
It was one of the most harmonious evenings.
📜In the restaurants around the famous Vittoriano and the Colosseum and in all the nearest streets of these areas there is no concept of service and intelligent behavior and care for customers. This is a place where you can't sit back and relax, and you can't freely choose your order, and you are forced to buy drinks without the right to refuse, otherwise you will be kicked out of the restaurant. This is a place where they charge for luxury service, but offer none. Where the waiters are impudent and it's as if you work for them and have to please them.
we gifted us only one first night in the good apartment, cause it was crazy expensive. and all the rest we were living in the worst apartment without conditioner
process of moving to another apartment
📜This is a place where next to the grandiose columns of the Vatican there is a garbage can and around it is completely scattered garbage, which seagulls are already having lunch in full swing. This is a place where huge rats are jumping around Castel Sant'Angelo, almost attacking tourists passing by. This is a place where you walk along the streets, and when you turn the corner, you are accompanied by scattered garbage. Demonstrative incongruity.
📜Luxury boutiques located on streets delimited by scattered garbage. Just like poor people are in great contrast with the rich. No matter how much I didn't blamed Turkey, I noticed that people here care more and more about their country and there is more harmony and a kind of order here. And by the way, take into account that the roads and motorways in Turkey are better than in Italy in my opinion.
📜Of course, it wasn’t the best time for me to go on a trip, because I was in a not-so-good mental state back then, I was going through unrequited love. To me, all the colors of a foreign country, its landmarks, and exotic charm were overshadowed by a dull grayness. We also traveled in August, when the weather was still extremely hot, and in order to see the landmarks and take good photos, we had to go out during the peak heat of the day. I was constantly soaked, nervous, and exhausted.
I was literally almost on my knees, begging this unyielding, unreachable stone-faced military guard of the Vatican to take one photo. He kept firmly refusing, but I didn’t give up. I caught him near the door he was trying to hide behind — and in the end, we did take a photo.
Another garbage ikebana kind of accessory to the majestic Vatican
📜All the Instagram spots I had researched before Italy the ones I used to drool over in reality, disappointed me because of the massive crowds, like sardines in a can. Still, it was very interesting. I made a plan with exciting places, and we moved from one landmark to another by metro, even the stations were named after those landmarks. In the end, the overall impressions were fascinating.
“Angels in the Unknown” is a 2019 bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmaltz. Installed in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, it depicts 140 migrants and refugees from different eras and cultures crammed into a boat
📜But because of my state and the heat, everything passed so quickly, and even in my memories, I realize I didn’t truly feel the trip. During all that time, even in those beautiful places taking pictures, flying the drone, I somehow wasn’t really there. My body was there, but my soul and thoughts were somewhere else. It’s like I didn’t fully live through that weekend. I was numb, as if under anesthesia I didn’t feel anything at all.
📜My favorite zone was probably where the Trevi Fountain and also maybe around the Spanish Steps. Walking through narrow alleys of such majestic tall diverse architectural buildings I took one of my most legendary photos semicircles of three buildings against the sky. For me this contrast was like a work of art warming the soul. I caught some special piece. You can find that photo somewhere in the feed.
the cutest ice-cream for last 100years
📜I really wanted to shoot the Vatican with a drone but unfortunately it is strictly forbidden there. And interestingly even my drone had a built-in limit and would not fly higher than three meters above the ground. I tried with all my might to overcome this but later a kind tourist nearby warned me not to do it because the consequences could be disastrous. To be honest the Vatican guards really looked very sinister and oppressive.
bright look for colorful Rome
dreamed pic, it was needed to fight all the crawd
Fontana di Trevi — the unforgettable dream of every Instagram blogger.
But when you see it in reality — hope fades away. Quote:"If you want to see the Fontana di Trevi in all its glory — learn to love waking up early
📜It is interesting that it is considered like a separate country but it did not feel that way at all and there was not even any passport control. I simply walked under the tall arches to enter St. Peter's Square which is bordered all around by towering columns. There was a very long queue to enter the actual Vatican building and possibly the entrance was paid so we decided not to try our luck and instead just took a photo and continued walking along the square towards the river and straight to the ice cream shop.
📜The second apartment we rented felt like it was at the edge of the world, a neighborhood so remote that we had to ride ten bus stops just to get there. And to add to the absurdity of the situation, we even once missed our stop, which forced us to get off at the next one and walk a billion kilometers back.
📜It was a shared apartment where rooms were rented out for 60€ per night, what's still expensive considering the service and conditions that were provided. Especially compared to our first accommodation, which, of course, was expensive at €120, but at least had a semblance of dignity. For those €60, we got: a stifling shared kitchen that reeked of grease, no air conditioning, and when we tried to sleep, we kept tossing and turning in suffocating humidity that felt like slow torture. Honestly, we were barely surviving.
quote on request from Darine: When you walk through these streets, you seem to be transported to those ancient years, the years of Caesar (not a salad, of course)
a lot of streets and building with Rome vibe, but I was disappointed
I even managed to catch the police officers in a photo — it's kind of become a tradition for me to collect pictures of police forces from different countries.
📜I called this issue a live issue, the kind where you could see the real Rome, all its famous streets without photoshop. With my photos, I wanted to convey Rome from all sides and 360° as much as possible. I liked it myself, as if going back in time and going through and recreating these walks through these alleys in digital mode, exploring and telling stories, I felt like I was more immersed in it than when I was there, as I said before.
seems like an intelligent building but what hides behind
trash laying on random streets
and here is my legendary photo. who would have thought that by raising my head up I would discover such a phenomenon that houses could even have this shape.
These mighty columns impressed me, even though it seemed closed inside.
Hadrian's Temple
Tempio di Vibia Sabina e Adriano
📜While walking through these narrow alleys, one can observe buildings mostly designed in Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical styles. Even the smaller streets reflect the Baroque spirit, and as you go further, they alternate with simpler, more geometric styles with less decoration, characteristic of Neoclassicism.
At the foot of Trinita dei Monti, we can find the Fontana della Barcaccia. It has the strange shape of a small, half-sunken boat, as if abandoned by time. It is said that its creation was inspired by a real boat. What touched me most was how calm and inconspicuous it seemed, despite the tourists buzzing around it
They say that the most famous Roman steps have nothing Spanish about them, although everyone calls them the Spanish Steps. In fact, they were financed by the French diplomat Etienne Heffier in the early 18th century. Perhaps it is this paradox that makes this place so unique, the history of which is still hanging somewhere between the stones. These 135 travertine steps, built between 1723 and 1725, smoothly climb to the church of Trinita dei Monti
Spanish Steps
Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti
And actually about the church itself. According to history, it was commissioned by the French King Louis XII at the very beginning of the 16th century. Today it looks a bit like a French island in the heart of Rome with a bright facade and two symbolic bell towers. This is not just a church, it is a piece of France, located there, above Italy.
Church inside
Column of Marcus Aurelius
the cutest fountain and my favorite photo
By the history the Fontana del Tritone was created in 1643 by the Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is located in Rome, in Piazza Barberini. According to mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. In the fountain, he is depicted blowing into a conch shell, symbolizing his power to calm or disturb the waves
a collection of the most luxurious boutiques on the streets of Rome.
Fountain of the Tyrrhenian
was a really cozy place for chilling and sitting after tired sightseeing day
The monumental staircase of 124 marble steps was built in 1348 by the inhabitants of Rome as a sign of gratitude to the Virgin Mary for protecting the city from the plague
Musei Capitolini
the second amazing and warm place for sitting after difficult day
