Snowdonia National Park || North Wales [Gogledd Cymru] - Part I

This past week-end my good friend Josh and I journeyed to Gogledd Cymru -North Wales. The place was breath-taking in its beauty and looked like it was ripped right out of the pages of Tolkien's tales of Middle-Earth. Given the riots and all that were consuming London and the rest of the UK, a peaceful photo journey was a welcome diversion. We headed toward Snowdonia National Park. Another friend's mom (her name's Jo) once told me "Wales is God's own country"...I'm quite inclined to agree...that line stuck with me as I took these images. Please enjoy the pics....and forgive my flubbing of any place names as English and French I'm good at...Welsh? Not so much. :)


Lake Tal-yLlyn

Llyn Trawsfynydd

The following was too funny to pass up taking a snap of. :D

Blaenau Ffestiniog (at least I think it is)

S.P.Q.R. V | Now We Are Free...

Here are the last bits I've chosen to show from my day at the re-enactments hosted by the museum of London. As the sun had set it was a great day of photo ops. Enjoy...

S.P.Q.R. IV | Roma Victa!!

More Snaps from the games and to quote Cassius from the film Gladiator:
" Ferocious mercenaires and warriors from all brute nations, bent on merciless destruction, conquest. Your emperor is pleased to give you the barbarian horde! "
Sorry...couldn't resist. :D

S.P.Q.R. III | He will bring them death, and they will love him for it.

The cruel emperor Domitian presides over the ensanguined pageantry that plays itself out upon the sands of the Colosseum. He is not, it seems, in a giving vein this day.

The mob that is Rome concurs.

And yet another gladiator meets his Fate upon the blood soaked sands of the Coliseum.

Yet Domition's prurient tastes are not yet sated as he awaits greedily for more.

S.P.Q.R. II | On this day, we reach back to hallowed antiquity...

Here's some more images from the re-enactor exhibit about Ancient Rome I attend this past week-end.  More will follow soon. Enjoy!