“For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy
is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery‚
back, back down the old ways of time.
Strange and wonderful chords awake in us,
and vibrate again after many hundreds of years of complete forgetfulness.”
D.H. Lawrence
“Methinks I will not die quite happy
without having seen something of that Rome of which I have read so much.”
Sir Walter Scott
“Italy, and the spring and first love
all together
should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.”
Bertrand Russell
“What is the fatal charm of Italy?
What do we find there that can be found nowhere else?
I believe it is a certain permission to be human,
which other places, other countries, lost long ago.”
Erica Jong
“There’s no looking at a building after seeing Italy.”
Fanny Burney
“Even now I miss Italy dearly,
I dream about it every night.”
Eila Hiltunen
If you could go to Rome tomorrow, what would you most like to see?
Beautiful post Krista. That is a hard one because there is so much that I haven’t seen. I would probably start with something familiar like seeking out the Pantheon. I love just standing there and looking upwards.
Thank you, Cathy! 🙂 I know how you feel. It seems like I’ve only scratched the surface of Rome. 🙂
Aww, lovely post and photos. They’re so sharp. Got many similar pics in my own collection – in colour, as yet. 😉 Great idea to do them in black and white. It’s certainly a photographic city!
Julia
Mine were color too, Julia, but then I turned one black and white and thought ohhhh, I like this! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to visit, Rome and now after seeing your stunning pictures, its become a must! Absolutely amazing!
I’m so happy to hear that, Baker Street! I hope you have a fantastic time when you’re able to go. 🙂
Ohh, my city!! Beautiful photos!!!
Veru (www.veruskitchen.com)
How lovely to live in such a fascinating city, Veru! 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by. 🙂
Wonderful post, Krista! It brought back nice memories (I was in Rome at the end of June)!
Thank you, Zita. 🙂 I’m so glad it brought back such good memories for you. 🙂
Thanks for the reminder of that great quote from D.H. Lawrence and for such a great series of photos from Roma. I hope you will not mind if I try and link to this post from my FB News From Italy page Krista.
I’d be honored, @google-9c2cabc6737d76d3ba841e28d670a9c0:disqus 🙂 You can share it anywhere you like. 🙂
Beautiful, Krista. Lovely photos and a great selection of quotes – I particularly like the Bertrand Russell one.
Thank you, Katja 🙂 I was so pleased to find such good quotes to go with the pictures. 🙂
I was 18 wehn I was last in Rime so I want to see it all, but especially be off to the Vatican once again.
I’d love to hear your impressions of it now, Val, to see how they differ from your 18-year-old self. 🙂
Brilliant.
Thank you, Rosaria! 🙂
Que bellaaaaaaaaaa!
SO glad you like it, @twitter-112533047:disqus 🙂
Beautiful photos (and quotes!). I’ve never been to Rome, but if I could go, I think I would just want to see the every day life that you captured in your photos.
Great clicks and quote! Thanks for sharing them with us.
Cheers,
Rosa
I love those quotes. They made my morning!
Gorgeous photos, Krista. I love that you accompanied them with the quotes. You’ve got me dreaming of Italy now!
Love the quotes and the photos Krista. There’s something about B & W photos!
Oh, these are breathtaking!! I’ve never been to Italy but long to … Thank you for bringing these images into my day, Krista. X
Lovely pics! We’ll be taking some of our own soon! Exciting times ahead!
Your photos are nothing short of magical, my dear. Truly lovely…I feel so inspired to go to Rome now, lol!
Gorgeous photos, it just goes to show the city is beautiful even without colour.
This is a gorgeous tribute to possibly my favorite city in the world! Your first shot of the Colosseum is achingly perfect.
(Sorry, that last comment was me… Disqus issues!)
astonishingly beautiful! must look again and again!
The inside of the ice-cream shop near the Spanish steps where I had the best pistachio ice-cream imagineable 🙂 (but I do love the Pantheon beyond words too!) lovely shots – makes me want to go again…