Some unposted photos

My 500GB hard drive is almost filled to the brim and my other 40GB USB drive has about 10GB left. So last night, I had to do some housekeeping to delete duplicate and/or unncessary files. I was browsing through some photos we took from Italy and I saw some that I should have posted a while ago. These are photos I took of Bruno and Benjie's house and some of Montefiore Vacanze and Residence. Been quite fascinated with real estate ads lately that I thought of giving it a shot by shooting some of the rooms. It wasn't easy at all. The tricky part was the lighting. Without decent studio quality lighting, t'was a challenge to illuminate the entire room in all its detail - usually a must in real estate photography.

Bruno and Benjie's place...






Montefiore Residence






Montefiore Vacanze

Sienna

Sorry I haven't written anything in weeks. Since we got back from our vacation, it seems like there's always something to do. Last weekend, our first weekend back, we decided to do some late spring cleaning. We got rid of some stuff that we don't really use. A few bags of clothes, old files, etc. We're still not done but slowly, we should be able to organize most of it in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, I'm looking into the photos from our vacation that we'd like to share. These are photos from our trip to Sienna. On our way there, we stopped by Gambassi (still in Tuscany) and had lunch at one of Bruno and Benjie's favorite restaurants, the Osteria. They specialize in fried food. I personally loved the antipasto...

G10 Photos

Finally was able to get the SD reader today. We went to Gigli, a big shopping mall in Prato. Today is officially the start of summer vacation for the students and judging from how crowded Gigli was, it seems like the entire student population of Tuscany was there.

These are the photos from the G10 from Day 1 to Day 10 taken mostly by Angel. She's done a heck of a job documenting our trip. Taking photos of just about anything. Like a true photojournalist...

The day we arrived. This at the cafe in Lamporechio.


On our way to Lido for the Giro d' Italia.


Rafael with Tita Benjie


Rafael with Tita Benjie at Pisa


The Napoli-owned cafe'. Probably the best cappuccino I will ever have.


Cappuccino never looked this good.


The cafe' is frequented by amateur and pro-cyclists such as these two taking a break from their early morning ride.


Our train trip to Florence


Quick bite of Margarita and Pepperoni in Florence


Interior detail of the Florence Duomo.


Angel and I outside the Duomo.


While walking home from the park, we spotted this lady filling his containers with water from an old-school well.


A group of tandem cyclists.


More photos of Montefiore.






Spectacular view from the attic. The best room in the house.

Still from the attic...


imagine waking up to this view of Tuscany...again from the attic..check out the olive trees..


Luckily caught the sunrays in this photo...


Dinner at Gianni's restaurant..


Rafael with Eris, son of Benjie's friends.


Rafael with Sofia, Montefiore's Manager.


At the Pantheon in Rome..


Taking a break from our long walk to St. Peter's Square...what better way to beat the heat but with some gelato..


Yes, parking is very difficult in Rome..


We set the camera on a 10 sec timer mode but just before the shutter clicked, the strong wind almost blew the camera to the concrete floor..thus, the photo..


A German couple saw us and offered to take this photo..


From inside the Coliseum..