http://traveler-life.com Tourism and travel guide about destinations, attractions, tips, activities. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:45:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/22/cafe-roma-art-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/22/cafe-roma-art-print/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:02:06 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=3217 Cafe Roma Art Print Surridge, Malcolm 19.75 in. x 27.5 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Italians drink wine as an aperitif, with the meal and after the meal they finish off with a hair-raising distilled wine called grapa. Chianti is probably the best known Italian wine, but the quality varies, so look for the sign [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/22/cafe-roma-art-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/why-americans-go-to-europe-for-what/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/why-americans-go-to-europe-for-what/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:02:50 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2809 Voyage de Paris II Art Print Brier, David 36 in. x 24 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Americans go to London for social triumph, to Rome for art’s sake, and to Berlin to study music and to economize; but they go to Paris to enjoy themselves. And there are no young men of any nation [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/why-americans-go-to-europe-for-what/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/rome-the-roman-forum/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/rome-the-roman-forum/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:44:20 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2803 Roman Forum, Rome, Italy Photographic Print Panoramic Images 24 in. x 8 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted ‘I need no ivory temple for my delight,’ wrote Propertius in Augustus’ day, ‘enough that I can see the Roman Forum.’ Here, from immemorial times, had been the meeting place of a civilization that was always positive. This [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/rome-the-roman-forum/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/the-colosseum-was-a-marvel-of-rome/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/the-colosseum-was-a-marvel-of-rome/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:27:52 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2798 The Colosseum Giclee Print Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence 9 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The Colosseum was a ‘marvel’ of Rome when it was new, almost nineteen hundred years ago, partly because of its size and partly because the circumstances under which it was built made it one of the world’s great ‘gallery [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/07/the-colosseum-was-a-marvel-of-rome/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/historical-origins-of-the-italians/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/historical-origins-of-the-italians/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:29:49 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/21/historical-origins-of-the-italians/ Passing over the uncertain mysteries of the Stone Age and the Age of Bronze, it is no exaggeration to assert that already in the Greek civilization of Southern Italy one can divine the origin of some of the essential characteristics of the Italian of today. Three or four centuries before Christ the way of life [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/historical-origins-of-the-italians/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/rome-low-cost-sightseeings/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/rome-low-cost-sightseeings/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:00:55 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/16/rome-low-cost-sightseeings/ Tour Rome Art Print Yang, Eric 20 in. x 16 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The Colosseum, of course, which charges no admission for entrance to its ground floor, and no admission at all to visit any part of the ruins on Sundays… Following that, drive out as far as you have time to go [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/01/rome-low-cost-sightseeings/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:18:42 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/ Babylon’s Hanging Gardens, One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Giclee Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The Seven Wonders of the World Of Antiquity: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt. (2) The Gardens of Semiramis at Babylon. (3) The statue of Zeus at Olympia, the work of Phidias. (4) [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/29/vintage-travel-destination-rome-art-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/29/vintage-travel-destination-rome-art-print/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:17:33 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1702 Destination Rome Giclee Print Chaden, Tina 9 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted A League of Latine cities is said to have been founded in the eighth century, and Rome under her kings gradually attained in it a leading position. The expulsion of the kings and the introduction of an Aristocratic government, with [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/29/vintage-travel-destination-rome-art-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/lets-go-back-to-ancient-rome/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/lets-go-back-to-ancient-rome/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:03:08 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1392 Roma Art Print Laliberte, Andrea 11 in. x 14 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Rome has so much to offer to the world, not only by the various pieces of art and its massive and intricate architecture. Its history also speaks a lot of how great Rome is even before. Roman Art The arts of [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/lets-go-back-to-ancient-rome/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-climate-of-italy/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-climate-of-italy/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 12:49:12 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-climate-of-italy/ The climate of Italy may be described as temperate, as the winter, owing to the low latitude, is not too severe and the summer is not too hot, owing to the wide expanse of sea around. At the same time the several provinces differ greatly in climate, as might be expected in a country extending [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-climate-of-italy/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/21/italy-geology-and-structure/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/21/italy-geology-and-structure/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:33:27 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/21/italy-geology-and-structure/ Earth of Tuscany Art Print Kirchner, Heinz 27.5 in. x 27.5 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Although rocks of no great age, geologically speaking, outcrop over much of the surface of Italy, almost every geological period is represented somewhere in the country. A great variety of different types of rock is also to be found, [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/21/italy-geology-and-structure/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2008/06/23/terme-di-caracalla-baths-of-caracalla/ http://traveler-life.com/2008/06/23/terme-di-caracalla-baths-of-caracalla/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:17:58 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2008/06/23/terme-di-caracalla-baths-of-caracalla/ Open air opera at Baths of Caracalla, in Rome, is one of the great summer events of Europe. The opera stage is set amid the gigantic ruins of the former Roman bath house, and the setting is spectacular-for certain productions, the ruins are actually employed as part of the scenery. Performances are scheduled almost nightly, [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2008/06/23/terme-di-caracalla-baths-of-caracalla/feed/ 0