Flying Home from Italy, May 2002: Tirrenian Coastline ... Giglio Island ... Monte Argentario ... Elba ... Côte d'Azur ... the Alps ... London ... Windsor Castle
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On the flight from Rome to London, I was lucky enough to get a window seat on the right (landward) side of the plane, behind the wing. It was a beautiful sunny day--even in England!--and the views were great. I suppose if you fly frequently you get used to it, but I always find flying over land exciting.
Farmland along the Tirrenian coast.
More farmland, with mountains looming in the background.
More farmland.
Giglio Island.
Monte Argentario.
Elba. In the famous palindrome of Napoleon, "Able was I ere I saw Elba."
Central Elba.
The Côte d'Azur, one of my other favorite places!
Beginning of the Alps.
Think what it must have been like to travel over these in a horse-drawn carriage ...
... or on foot with elephants, like Hannibal!
They just go on ...
... and on ...
... and never seem to end.
London, showing St. James's Park and Green Park with Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria Memorial. In the foreground is Victoria Station.
London: Hyde Park.
London is another thing that just goes on and on ... all the way to Windsor Castle.
A closer look.
That's all, folks! Till next time!
Many thanks to Renzo, who drove me around to beautiful places and explained everything to me and fed me delicious food and helped make this trip a really special one!
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