Coming Back Home

After a long time away I'm back:-) Now it's time to show pictures from my great adventure in the United States. Keep tuned.

Skyscrapers of Seattle

Skyscrapers of Seattle

This picture was taken from the top of the Aquarium. And here we have the magnificent Skyscrapers of Seattle.

Seattle is a very beautiful city with water and boats ... Actually boats are everywhere in Seattle:-)

Victor Steinbrueck Park

Victor Steinbrueck Park
Seattle
Washington State

Victor Steinbrueck is a small Park just next to the Port of Seattle. There we can enjoy excellent views of Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains while having a lunch.

Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market
Seattle
Washington State

Pike Place Market is known for its colorful personality. Here low counters display fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers grown by local farmers.

The best known sea food Pike Place Fish belongs also to the Market.

Welcome to Seattle

Downtown, Seattle

This picture was taken while I was walking on the streets of Downtown Area. As you can see in the above picture, Seattle is a very cosmopolitan city.

While driving to Memphis

This picture was taken during my journey to Memphis.

Saqqara

Situated on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile, about ten kilometers south of Giza, Saqqara was the most important necropolis of the Memphis, the capital of the ancient Egypt.It was here that the first pyramid in Egypt history was built.

The Pyramid of Menkaure

The Pyramid of Menkaure and the three Queen's Pyramids.

The third Pyramid at Giza, built by the Pharaoh Menkaure, is 65 meters high and is therefore much smaller than the other two. Pharaoh is the the title of the ancient Egyptian Kings.

On the southern side of the Pyramid there are three Queen's Pyramids for the Royal Wives.

Optical IlusionThe Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Khafre

The Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Khafre

Because of an optical illusion created by the different inclination of the faces of the two pyramids and by the different ground level, one gets the impression that the Pyramid of Khafre (built on a slightly elevated position) is the largest.

However the Pyramid of Khufu is actually larger than any other.

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khufu.

The most famous and popular Memphite necropolis: the mysterious Sphinx.

Behind the Sphinx is possible to see the Pyramid of Khufu.

It is the largest pyramid in the world and could contain St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Napoleon, who was a mathematics enthusiast, calculated that the blocks of stone used to build this colossal monument would have been enough to erect a wall two meters high and 30 centimeters thick all around France.

Khufu, whom the ancient Greeks called Cheops, was the pharaoh who succeeded Snofru, the founder of the 4th Dynasty who built two large pyramids in the Dahshur.