Italy – bushboys world

The Field

Published on November 30, 2018December 12, 2018 by bushboy7 Comments

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Field

A few fields from around the world

Brick

Published on November 28, 2018December 12, 2018 by bushboy22 Comments

The word prompt from Maria’s photo a day challenge at CitySonnet: Brick

Verona Arena

Published on November 20, 2018 by bushboy11 Comments

The Photo a Week Challenge from Nancy: From Above and Below

The Verona Arena, built in the first century, is an open-air Roman amphitheater still in use today. The Arena is one of the best-preserved ancient structures worldwide. These stones have seen everything from gladiator games to rock concerts, from medieval jousts to Puccini operas.

From above
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“The place held over 20,000 people in its heyday, hosting festivals that would draw visitors from all over. It was a complex and demanding entertainment industry, powered by the labor of hundreds of slaves in the underground tunnels. Grandiose stage sets would be erected in the central space. The elliptical shape gives the space excellent acoustics.

There were processions, circus acts, dancing and music, but, above all, the citizens came to see blood sports. Fierce wild animals from faraway places in the empire were brought in to be hunted, and condemned prisoners were executed in bloody and inventive ways. The feature presentation was always a gladiator show, in which two trained combatants would fight one another to the death. The word “arena” means sand, and it refers to the sand that covered the floor of the ring to absorb the blood spilled during the fights.”
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-verona-arena/

From below – a tunnel leading to the outside
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I wonder how many people have walked this corridor below the Arena

Boats

Published on November 20, 2018 by bushboy9 Comments

The Photo for the Week word prompt from Bren: Boats

A bit arty in Venice

Old Sailing boat in Genoa

Ready to sail in Croatia

Part of the wedding procession in Venice

Heading out for the evenings fishing

Doors and Doorways

Published on November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 by bushboy15 Comments

The Lens-Artists photo challenge #20 – Open Sesame: Doors and Doorways

I love doors and doorway. Some have a tale to tell, others are the way into somewhere else.

Mountain with a past

Published on November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 by bushboy9 Comments

The Photo for the Week challenge: Mountains

What is a mountain with a past you ask. The mountain I chose for Bren’s photo challenge #17 is that well know mountain with a historical past.
Going back in time to 79AD some people were going about their daily life when the ground rumbled and suddenly an explosion sent ash and hot lava raining down upon the people and “buried the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and lapilli and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.” (https://www.britannica.com/place/Vesuvius) The last eruption was in 1944 and the volcano is still active. Vesuvius is very closely monitored today.

Yes, I chose Mt Vesuvius. This is the view of Vesuvius that people of Pompeii would have seen although before the eruption, the mountainside was forested with Oak and Chestnut trees.
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This is the view over the Bay of Naples, across the Plain of Campania and Naples to Vesuvius
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When One Door Closes….

Published on October 20, 2018November 8, 2018 by bushboy15 Comments

The photo challenge from Travelling at Wits End: When One Door Closes

I must admit I have a door fetish when travelling in Europe. I had to stop myself from posting too many. But you can’t have too many door photos can you?

The oldest door from Avignon