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Winter Walk

These are pictures taken on our morning walk on New Year's Day, near our place in Infernetto, Rome.

Jan 1, 2012

Photos: 25

Le Retour

We drove the Mercedes back from Rome to England, stopping first in northern Italy (Asti). Then we spent some days in Switzerland with Philippe and Catherine (my sister) at Colombier, near Neuchatel. We left on Monday and spent the night at Laon, before reaching Calais on Tuesday and taking the ferry to Dover. 1350 miles thorugh Italy, Switzerland, France and England.....

Oct 19, 2011

Photos: 47

House for Sale, Infernetto

Quadrifamiliare, Infernetto Salone, Pranzo, Cucina, 5 Camere, 4 Bagni, Cantina, Terraza, Box. Totale: 320 m2. Giardino 200 m2 Sitting, Dining, Kitchen, 5 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms, Cellar, Terrace, Garage. Total: 320 m2. Garden 200 m2

Sep 24, 2011

Photos: 17

Haynes Motor Museum 2011

Aug 31, 2011

Photos: 132

Summer in Cirencester

First, the pub at Longfords, Minchinhampton where we stopped for a drink yesterday - amazing that the publican has time to look after such a floral display. Then our morning walk, up Cecilly Hill past the Bathurst Estate cottages into Cirencester Park.

Aug 29, 2011

Photos: 23

Trichy Rock Fort

The Trichy Rock Fort or Ucchi Pillayar koil, is a combination of two famous 7th century Hindu temples, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh and the other dedicated to Lord Shiva, located a top of a huge rock in Trichy, India. Geologically the 83m high rock is said to be one of the oldest in the world, dating over 3 billion years ago, and mythologically this rock is the place where Lord Ganesh ran from King Vibishana, after establishing the Ranganathaswamy deity in Srirangam. The name rock fort comes from the fact that the place was used for military fortification first by the Vijayanagar emperors and later by the British during the Carnatic wars.

Jul 28, 2011

Photos: 39

More temples around Trichy

Jul 27, 2011

Photos: 33

Into the villages

Jul 26, 2011

Photos: 8

Kumbakonam 2011

Kumbakonam is a town in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 96 km east of Trichy. The town rose to prominence between the 7th and 9th centuries AD, when it served as a capital of the Medieval Cholas. The town reached the zenith of its prosperity during the British Raj when it was a prominent centre of European education and Hindu culture; and it acquired the cultural name, the "Cambridge of South India". Kumbakonam is known as the "temple town" due to the prevalence of a number of temples here and is noted for its Mahamaham festival which attracts people from all over the globe. The main products produced are brass, bronze, copper and lead vessels, silk and cotton cloths, pottery, sugar, indigo and rice (Wikipedia).

Jul 19, 2011

Photos: 38

Cambodia 7 11

Jul 8, 2011

Photos: 19

Tonle Bati

Located in Takeo province, south of Phnom Penh. Tonle Bati is a small lake and popular picnic spot for the locals - bamboo picnic stands and mats by the water. On the road to Tonle Bati there are two Angkorian era temples, Ta Prohm and Yeay Peau. Both temples were built under Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century during the same period that Bayon and Angkor Thom in Siem Reap were constructed. Ta Prohm is the more extensive and impressive of the two, displaying a number of very well-preserved carvings. Yeay Peau is a single sandstone tower situated next to an active pagoda displaying some carvings. The area has been occupied and temples present since the pre-Angkorian Funan period and Ta Prohm was modified and extended as late as the 16th century.

Jul 5, 2011

Photos: 24

Flowers in Infernetto

Various wild flowers and others taken in and around our house in the last few weeks. Some interesting cactus flowers, the ubiquitous Nerum oleander, poppies and others along the canal bank and some orchids on the stairway....

Jun 15, 2011

Photos: 56

Barchetta

"Roopa's" Fiat Barchetta 1.8 16v 96 kW

Jun 9, 2011

Photos: 8

Storiche in Piazza

Jun 5, 2011

Photos: 52

Basilica S Paolo

Jun 1, 2011

Photos: 20

Roma-May-June-2011

May 24, 2011

Photos: 26

Villa Gregoriana

This is the Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli, Italy. The park was commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in 1835 to rebuild the bed of the Aniene river, which had been damaged by the terrible flood of 1826. It had fallen into rack and ruin by the end of the 20th Century, but was reopened to the public in 2005 thanks to a major landscape recovery project orchestrated by the FAI, the Italian National Trust. The Parco Villa Gregoriana consists of woodlands with paths that lead to the caves of Neptune and the Sirens, which form part of a series of gorges and cascades, and to the Great Waterfall. The whole gorge is overseen by the acropolis with the temples ofVesta and Tiburno.

May 22, 2011

Photos: 28

Le Voyage

Left Cirencester on Monday 9 May 2011, crossed from Portsmouth to Saint Malo, then down to La Baule to visit René and Yvette Sansoucy. Left again on Thursday for Pouilly-sur-Loire to visit old haunts, eat and drink the Pouilly Fumé. A long drive then to Aix-en-Provence where we stayed in the apartment of Jean-Claude Lambert, ate and drank Saigon beer! Another long day through the Riviera (including a lap of the Monaco Grand Prix circuit) and on to Italy. An excellent lunch in an Osteria in Andora, then on to Pisa. Finally arriving back in Rome at lunchtime. Lunch in Felice all'Infernetto and dinner at Jack's Pizzeria with Peter and Ivy. 2400 kilometres completed in 6 days (5 days driving).

May 15, 2011

Photos: 107

Orto Botanico di Roma

Apr 28, 2011

Photos: 52

Ninfa Again

Apr 24, 2011

Photos: 51

Cirencester Parish Church of St John the Baptist

Originally built in the 12th century; the tower dates from 1400 and the nave was rebuilt in 1520. Of particular note are the wine glass pulpit, the Willis organ (1895) and the Bolyn cup (1535). We were particularly lucky to see the Ledger Stones uncovered in the Lady Chapel, usually covered by carpet and pews.

Mar 6, 2011

Photos: 51

Florence

Feb 23, 2011

Photos: 62

Casal Palocco 2nd Sunday Market

Feb 13, 2011

Photos: 24

Cambodia 2011

A trip to the south: Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo, Kampot, Kep; a visit to a village to talk to project farmers. Sunday visit to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda.

Jan 30, 2011

Photos: 80

Roma Jan 2011

At last, the first day of good (photo) light and no rain in Rome. I decided to try the new Canon SX 210 IS pocket camera. We drove to FAO then took the Metro to Piazza Barberini. Up the Via Sistina to the top of the Spanish Steps, the artists and the Accademia di Francia a Roma. We walked on up the Viale dell Trinita die Monti to the gardens of the Villa Borghese / Giargino del Pincio, looking down on the Piazza del Populo. Down the hill to the Piazza, we took the Via Margutta (artists street) and the Via del Babuino to the Piazza di Spagna (the bottom of the Spanish Steps). We did the tourist bit at the Fontana di Trevi and then to the Via del Corso to the Piazza Venezia. Waiting for the bus, we decided to take the electric 117 to the Colosseo. Some photos of the Forum and the Colosseo before going for lunch at the Taverna die Quaranta. This is one of our favourites near FAO. We had the Carciofi alla Romana followed by Strozzapreti zucchini e gorgonzola (1) and Tonnarelli cacio e pepe

Jan 3, 2011

Photos: 79

Natale a Roma

The famous Christmas market in Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, then Campo di Fiore and Piazza Farnese; back via the Ghetto and the Portico d'Ottavia ruins to Circo Massimo and home....

Dec 11, 2010

Photos: 78

Harcourt Arboretum 2010

Oct 24, 2010

Photos: 38

Bathurst Estate and Cirencester Park

Oct 21, 2010

Photos: 30

Golden Valley

We drove from Cirencester to Gloucester, on to Ross-on-Wye then off on a B road to the Golden Valley, popularized in the film Shadowlands, about C.S. Lewis. Back by Hereford, Ledbury, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.... A difficult photoshoot - flat, wide open spaces...

Oct 17, 2010

Photos: 28

Westonbirt National Arboretum

This is the loveliest time in Westonbirt with the autumn colours coming to their best: particularly the full moon maples (Acer japonicum), Chinese spindle (Euonymus oxyphyllus) and Japanese maples (Acer palmatum). Maybe it is a little later this year.....

Oct 16, 2010

Photos: 17

Cheese-Awards

Oct 3, 2010

Photos: 27

Lac de Neuchâtel

An evening walk with Philippe by the lake. Perfect sky for photgraphs with polarizing filter...

Oct 2, 2010

Photos: 16

Gruyère

Oct 1, 2010

Photos: 47

New York 2010

Aug 26, 2010

Photos: 68

Morris Arboretum

We went with Sid, Monica and Priya. We saw the trees, the rose garden and the fernery. But around 4, it started to rain.....

Aug 24, 2010

Photos: 71

Longwood 2010

Aug 23, 2010

Photos: 81

Franklin Park Conservatory

Glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly and friends in and among the plants of the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus OH.

Aug 19, 2010

Photos: 70

Hocking Hills

The Hocking Hills is in Hocking County, Ohio. The extreme topography in this area is due to the Blackhand Sandstone that is thick, hard and weather-resistant, and so forms high cliffs and narrow, deep gorges. The Black Hand sandstone was formed 330 million years ago, when the climate was warm and Ohio was covered by sea. As shifts in the Earth's crust uplifted the area, the sea drained and rivers and streams, gradually cutting channels over the landscape. The same slow process that formed the sandstone bedrock millions of years before began to slowly dismantle it. During the Pleistocene, two million years ago, great ice sheets from Canadian highlands crept south. Glaciers advanced and retreated at least four times, until the final retreat of the Wisconsinan glacier 13,000 years ago. Old Man's Cave (200 feet long, 50 feet high and 75 feet deep) was home to the hermit Richard Rowe, who settled here in the late 1790s. Rowe is said to be buried beneath the ledge of the cave.

Aug 19, 2010

Photos: 20

Chicago

Aug 14, 2010

Photos: 62

Princeton University NJ

"I went to Princeton". Well, after a good lunch of buffalo wings, we went to Princeton for 35 minutes and took these picture....

Aug 9, 2010

Photos: 25

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Dorset

Jul 25, 2010

Photos: 27

Roma Car Club

Sunday morning near the Ministerio degli Affari Esteri. Enthusiasts gather with their classic cars.

Jun 27, 2010

Photos: 25

Hue Festival 2010

Opening ceremony 5 June 2010 8 pm: it poured with rain and the VIPs got very wet! These pictures taken by Roopa under a programme book! (One more added of Roopa and I with Katherine Muller-Marin of UNESCO and husband Roberto, taken by Vu Chien Thang...)

Jun 5, 2010

Photos: 28

Cat Ba

May 29, 2010

Photos: 13

Tu Hieu Pagoda

May 8, 2010

Photos: 27

Da Lat and Thung Lung Vang

The inception workshop of the FAO floriculture TCP and a visit to Thung Lung Vang (Golden Valley).

Apr 11, 2010

Photos: 66

Thanh Chuong Palace

This was initially the home and studio of Thanh Chuong, one of the celebrated painters in contemporary Vietnamese art. Soon after it started in 2002, Thanh Chuong Viet Palace instantly became famous as a unique cultural preservation resort, a spiritual legacy of Vietnamese art and culture that attracts lots of local and foreign visitors, people who love and want to have an in-depth understanding of Vietnamese culture, fine arts and spiritual life. Lying on a hill leaning back over Soc Son Mountain, the site covers over 10,000 square meters and keeps thousands of cultural and historical artifacts of dynasties Dinh, Ly, Tran and Le which artist Thanh Chuong spent his life to collect and store. The simple path to the site, to cottage houses, lotus ponds, together with images of water rice civilization such as water ladles, rice mortars, bamboo beds and green-moss stone steps, brings tourists nostalgic feelings but is familiar and cozy. Cottage houses with earthen walls are not col

Mar 20, 2010

Photos: 128

Urayur (Trichy old town)

Everyone wanted their picture taken!

Dec 29, 2009

Photos: 19

Yercaud

Not the best day's photo shoot! The car broke down, there was a thick mist and tourist attractions (including the botanical garden) were closed for a holiday! But we did meet Mr Bhavani Sinh in his perfumery....

Dec 28, 2009

Photos: 34

Pudukkottai Palace and Annavasal village

Palace of HH Sri Brahadambadas Rajah Rajagopala Tondaiman Bahadir, Rajah of Pudukkottai, Cittannavasal temple and village of Annavasal

Dec 27, 2009

Photos: 37

Trichy Main Guard Gate and Govt. Museum

Dec 24, 2009

Photos: 45

Trichy onion market

A street full of onion dealers!

Dec 23, 2009

Photos: 12

India houses

Dec 23, 2009

Photos: 13

Kuala Lumpur

Dec 21, 2009

Photos: 10

Saturday morning in December

Dec 5, 2009

Photos: 13

Travels in the South

Dec 5, 2009

Photos: 17

Da Lat and Lam Dong

Nov 29, 2009

Photos: 28

Bangkok & Jim Thompson's House

Nov 1, 2009

Photos: 12

Cirencester0909

Sep 9, 2009

Photos: 33

Phu Quoc

Aug 22, 2009

Photos: 41

Tam Dao & Truc Bach

Aug 19, 2009

Photos: 5

Hue Perfume River and Pagoda

From Hue City to the Perfume Pagoda on the "FAO Boat" courtesy of the IMOLA project: Mr Minh and grandson Phuong....

Aug 15, 2009

Photos: 30

Ventiane

Aug 2, 2009

Photos: 49

The Wonder of the Caves (Phong Nha)

Jun 20, 2009

Photos: 42

The Treasure of the Terraces (Ha Giang)

Jun 15, 2009

Photos: 60

World Milk Day 2009

Celebration of World Milk Day and International Childrens Day at Phu Dong Village, Gia Lam district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The FAOR speaks to 1200 kindergarten children who receive milk from the local dairy project and processing factory.

Jun 1, 2009

Photos: 38

A walk down Hoang Dieu

May 30, 2009

Photos: 25

Champa

Apr 24, 2009

Photos: 28

Hoi An

Apr 24, 2009

Photos: 36

Lacock & Stow on the Wold

Mar 7, 2009

Photos: 17

Chiang Mai 09

Jan 30, 2009

Photos: 193

Tết Nguyên Đán 2009

Jan 24, 2009

Photos: 50

Bao Son Paradise

Jan 3, 2009

Photos: 76

Hanoi 01 Jan 2009

Hanoi flower festival beside Hoan Kiem Lake.

Dec 31, 2008

Photos: 30

S India 2008

Dec 16, 2008

Photos: 65

Ninh Hiep 25 10 08

Pictures from the Nanh Pagoda and the material market

Oct 25, 2008

Photos: 44

Trees of Vietnam

Sep 7, 2008

Photos: 97

Children of Bo De Pagoda

Bo De Pagoda is on the Red River opposite Ha Noi. Some 50 orphan children and 10 old persons are looked after by the monks. They live in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility which any of us would envy.