Blast From The Past - Summer 1980 - Today's photograph is of me standing in the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheatre. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, following the reign of Nero. This name is still used in modern English, but generally the structure is better known as the Colosseum. I visited Rome on several occasions through-out my career as a photojournalist working for Combat Camera (Aerospace Audiovisual Service at this time) and have been truly blessed with the ability to travel the world. At last count I think I've visited 67 different countries on photo assignments or vacation to shoot pictures! This shot was taken sometime in 1980 and I'm thinking it was sometime in early summer if I recall correctly. At the time I was stationed at Rhein Main Air Base just outside of Frankfurt Germany. I lived in a little village called Morefelden and it was a great assignment! I used to drive what was called a VW Limousine, which was much more boxy than a standard VW Beetle. However, my favorite mode of transportation, especially for going to downtown Frankfurt, West Germany was by train! Sometimes I would take the one right out of town, but when I did I'd have to go through and change trains at the Frankfurt International Airport. I'd also drive to the station at Zeppelinheim and leave the car there. It was a more direct route. It was also the home of the Zeppelin Museum Zeppelinheim near Frankfurt am Main (On the Main River). The design of the museum building, constructed in 1988, resembles a quarter section of the hull of the LZ 10. The transport airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg, as well as the second Graf Zeppelin (LZ 130), were based near the present site of the museum, on a site later occupied by the Rhein-Main Air Base.

Blast From The Past – Summer 1980 – Standing in the Coliseum in Rome, Italy

Blast From The Past – Summer 1980 – Today’s photograph is of me standing in the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum’s original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheatre. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, following the reign of Nero. This name is still used in modern English, but generally the structure is better known as the Colosseum.