Saturday, December 16, 2006

VIVA ITALY! Day 1

Arrived in "Firenze" on first day. It's a beautiful scenery from "Piazza Michelangiolo" in early morning.

You can see the "Duomo" and "Campanile di Giotto" just between small street.

"Piazza della Signoria".
Of course! grab the "Gelato" in every second.
Eating Gelato in "Piazza della Signoria".

VIVA ITALY!! Day 2

It took one hour from Napli to get "Capri" Island. Unfortunately it was not good weather so we couldn't go in "Blue cave".
A Martin Fredrik Munthe (1857-1949) - used the pen name Puck Munthe. Swedish physician, psychiatrist, and writer whose best-known work is the autobiography THE STORY OF SAN MICHELE (1929, Boken om San Michele). He spent in at the villa of San Michele on the island of Capri as his semi-retirement.

The beautiful village inside the island.
Prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city. Then it was buried with so little warning in 79 A.D. that Pompeii was literally frozen in time.

Prostitute site in Pompei. It is very tiny.

Cameo shop in Napori.

VIVA ITALY!!! Day 3 and 4

The entrance of "Musei Vaticani". We were in the queue around 8:30am and got the gate around 9am.

Amazingly it's brilliant blue sky. This is courtyard of "Vaticano".

Full of great painting and tapestry on the wall.




"P.S Pietro"




The triumphal arch "Arco di Constantino".


The gate of "Foro Romano",which was the central of ancient Roman city, began 509 B.C. for 500 years.



"Colosseo" . It was build in 80 A.D.
Back to ancient Roman period.

"Fontana di Trevi". Throw some coin away just like "Roman Holiday".


The magnificent veiw of "Citta del Vaticano"from "Castel Sant'Angelo".

”Canzone dinner” The last night in Italy. "Arrivederci"!

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Wong Kar-Wai

Wong Kar-Wai is difinitely one of my favourite film director. "Days of Being Wild" is the first film which he directed, wrote and produced by himself.
It is an inaccessible art film to some, but a compelling portrait of human emotion to others. Whatever your preference, Wong Kar-Wai's classic drama is easily one of the key Hong Kong films of the late eighties and early nineties.
Wong Kar-Wai has made mention that In the Mood for Love was his unofficial follow-up to Days of Being Wild, in which the characters played by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Maggie Cheung embark on their near-affair. Maggie Chueng's character is named So Lai-Chun in both films.