Still around

This was a photo from two years ago when my husband and I finally went to Italy for our honeymoon about a year after we got married. This photo was taken on our first day arriving to Rome at the train station walking to our AirBnB. We were elated to finally take some vacation, we wanted to take it all in — the free time, food, the culture, and old structures that have been around far longer than America itself.

On to way to our AirBnB, we were walking along the Aurelian Walls — these have been here 275 AD. Rome did a great job preserving it so someone like me could appreciate it 2 millenia later. What I love about Rome is that it retains these ancient elements around the city — like a wall, a theatre, a forum–blending it more modern buildings and shops. That is something I have not seen in any other city. If anything, other cities would get rid of the old structures to make room for more roads and to create a more uniform skyline of skyscrapers and edifices.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered

Check out other bloggers and their photos around the theme, Weathered:

• Penny for your Thoughts; The View From My Window
• Weathered, Creations of Man, and of Nature; Calling-all-RushBabes
• Espace Darwin; Salle de Shoot
• 011; Dilip
• Weathered driftwood; David M’s photo blog
• Seasoned; Travel and Tale
• Kanheri caves; Winged Words of a Wandress
• Weathered & Wilted; Photos by Goldie
• Decaying Beauty; Coffee Fuels my Photography
• Weathered Museum Piece; Dutch Goes the Photo!