Monday, January 30, 2012

My Xmas trip to Italy Day 4: The Castle in the Park of Miramare

 After the 4hours++ marathon Xmas lunch, we walked along the sea and enter the park.Since it's already 4.30pm we have to rush a bit because the park (with the castle in it) closes at 5pm!
According to Wikipedia:-
The Miramare Castle (Italian: Castello di Miramare; Slovene: Grad Miramar, German: Schloß Miramar) is a 19th century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, to a design by Carl Junker.

I love this picture. Totally original. Unedited.

The park of Miramare, which at one time had no vegetation, and has now a surface area of 22 hectares (54 acres), stands on a rocky promontory overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
Can't see my face at all. Therefore I just replace it with another equally adorable face! LOL
The first ever flower presented by my Honey --> Is a little lavender bracnh plucked from the garden! He is so so NOT romantic when it comes to FLOWER. He never buy me any flower before : (
Can you imagine how I feel when we walked into the restaurant in the noon and when you finished the lunch and walked out of the restaurant, your watch is pointing at 430pm. The sun is setting and the sky is getting dark?? I feel like my day gone in a flash!
The castle's grounds include an extensive cliff and seashore park of 22 hectares (54 acres) designed by the Archduke. The grounds were completely re-landscaped to feature numerous tropical species of trees and plants.
Buaya with the castle that is closing soon. I will visit the castle next time *it closes at 5pm!*
Our shadows

A sphinx!! First time see a Sphinx  in Italy
Going down....in seconds!
2 seconds and it's gone! Poof!
The ocean is own and protected by WWF. Nobody can swim / sail in the ocean *it's surrounded by some floating orbs as territory marking*

Ti amero per sempre

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