MONTE CASSINO. I remember when I got hooked and joined the #throwbackthursday craze on Instagram 2 years ago. I was looking at my favourite profiles trying to learn from their owners as much as I could. They were making many throwbacks to events which happened like one or two days ago and I thought that was the way it was supposed to be done. But being as socially antisocial as I am, I came across someone's post on tumblr making fun of all the people throwing it back to things as fresh as my new manicure (to whom it may concern: I did my nails less than 15 minutes ago). So what's a real throwback then? Well in my humble opinion we're free to post whatever we want and whenever we want and a real throwback means bringing up some memories and it really doesn't matter how old they are. Anyway, I decided that it's gonna be nice to have a look at some older stuff from the times when we had no idea what Instagram is all about and taking photos was more about real photography than showing the whole world how luxurious our life is (note to everyone: real luxury has nothing to do with money and if You think otherwise, You either entered the wrong side of tumblr or followed wrong blogs...or both at the same time). A few weeks ago I digged a picture from 2006 taken in Spain during a religious feast in August and today I have for You also something religious but this time it's a picture from Monte Cassino also dating back to 2006.
I remember it was taken on a school excursion to Italy and visiting churches and even more churches was our daily routine (I survived catholic school and that's why there were churches everywhere and all the time). I was 14 back then and got my first digital camera to take as many snaps as I could. As far as I can remember (and basing on all the pictures which weren't deleted as well as those I remember taking) I photographed literally everything. From all the most important tourist attractions and the Pope to handsome Italians and a pack of Pringles. I wasn't very much skilled at that time and I wish I could come back to all these places and look at them through my more professional lens. But, as the well-known saying goes: all's well that ends well and some of my pics turned out to be pretty good and with a little retouch they can even aspire to being a bit professional. I'm not saying the one above is oh so pro but still I kind of like it how I captured the church inside (given the fact that churches are usually dark inside and sometimes you can't use a flash the outcome here is really nice). I also have some photos from Rome but I decided to keep them for cold gloomy Nobember days to give this place some more rays of sun.
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