Monterosse al Mare, the fifth and final town in Cinque Terre that I visited. The town is right on the water, and very different than the other four towns. The town is more of a resort town, with numerous restaurants, bars, and hotels near the town’s two beaches. The town is split in two by […]
Vernazza, the fourth of the five Cinque Terre towns I visited, is known for it’s small port and fisheries. The village is home to a small Castle (seen at the top of the photo) called Doria Castle, built as a lookout against pirates in the 15th century. There are also a few famous churches in […]
Corniglia, the third of the five towns I visited, is the only one is not directly on the water. It is perched on top of a roughly 100m tall cliff, still overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The village is known for it’s main church of San Pietro, along with it’s small streets and alley ways. For […]
Manarola is the second village of five that I stopped at during my trip. The village is known for it’s picturesque setting on the coastline. It is the oldest town of the five and also one of the smallest. The residents have lived off the town’s fishing and wineries for the past 700 years. For […]
A memorial for the prisoners and victims of the Dachau Concentration Camp. The post Dachau has all of the information of my visit there, just click here. An exerpt from the post: “The Dachau Concentration Camp was the first concentration camp, and was initially used as a forced labor camp – where the prisoners […]
This ‘bar’ is the one of two businesses within Idroscalo, a small “self made city” near the delta of the Tiber River with the Mediterranean Sea. As explained below, this city lies in a grey area for city officials. The residents have lived in the city for nearly 50 years – illegally. The roughly 2,000 […]
The new 2014 BMW M4 series coupe was on display in the BMW Welt. This model retails for around 40,000€.. A bit out of my price range, but hey who knows. _____________________________ Usual Mechanics of Materials class this morning, except it was our last lecture due to a national holiday Thursday! On my afternoon run, […]
“Arbeit macht frei” (Work makes one free, a common phrase seen at camps). The Dachau Concentration Camp was the first concentration camp, and was initially used as a forced labor camp – where the prisoners would eventually be let free. With the onset of World War II, the camp became extremely over crowded, and the […]
Bayerische Motoren Werke, or BMW, was first founded in 1917 in Munich as a company producing airplane engines. During the first World War, production shifted to motorcycles, and the company rode the motorcycle boom until towards the end of World War II. During the dark times of the war, the company used prisoners from concentration […]
As stated in the post yesterday | http://cameronpiper.com/munchen/ : Every spring, Munich has something known as Münchener Frühlingsfest, or Munich Spring Fest. This is an event very similar to Oktoberfest, but on a smaller scale. The carnival takes place just south of the city’s center in Theresienwiese, where there are carnival games, food booths, rides, […]
Every spring, Munich has something known as Münchener Frühlingsfest, or Munich Spring Fest. This is an event very similar to Oktoberfest, but on a smaller scale. The carnival takes place just south of the city’s center in Theresienwiese, where there are carnival games, food booths, rides, and tents such as the one pictured above called Festhalle […]
Piazza San Marco is the largest square in Venice. The square is home to Basilica San Marco, a clock tower and is lined with procuracies (offices or homes of procurators). The piazza has been known to flood during high water surges in the summer! For more about my trip to Venice, see the following post below: […]
This was one of the seven children in the family that we visited. He had a great time introducing himself as Spiderman, pounding everyone’s fists, and arm wrestling – until he brought out his PSP… _____________________________ For our At Home in Rome class today, we had an on site visit to Monachina, a small camp/compound […]
These are part of the 311 steps in the Monument, a tower built to commemorate the 1666 fire that destroyed 13,000 plus buildings in London. For more on my travels to London, see the following posts: Monday, April 1st: (London): http://cameronpiper.com/londonuk/ Tuesday, April 2nd: (London): http://cameronpiper.com/queens-guards/ _____________________________ After a morning class, I had the rest of […]
