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Siena: The Campo at night.On to Umbria!Want to go back to the beginning?

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:08:15 -0700

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Siena: The Campo at night.On to Umbria!Want to go back to the beginning?

Rome: The famous spiral staircase exit/entrance to the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:33:08 -0700

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Rome: The famous spiral staircase exit/entrance to the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Pantheon at night. Though closed (we'd see the inside the next day) it was still an awe-inspiring sight.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:29:20 -0700

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Rome: The Pantheon at night. Though closed (we'd see the inside the next day) it was still an awe-inspiring sight.

Rome: Statue of the Tigris at the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:26:38 -0700

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Rome: Statue of the Tigris at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: Detail of the gold ribbon of text that surrounds the inside.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:54:37 -0700

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Rome: Detail of the gold ribbon of text that surrounds the inside.

Verona: The Juliet statue in a rare moment where no one is getting their photo taken fondling her breast for good luck in romance.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:42:00 -0700

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Verona: The Juliet statue in a rare moment where no one is getting their photo taken fondling her breast for good luck in romance.

Venice: Gondolas at dawn.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:13:59 -0700

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Venice: Gondolas at dawn.

Venice: Flag throwers in St Mark's Square.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:11:23 -0700

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Venice: Flag throwers in St Mark's Square.

Cinque Terre's stalwart hikers examine their dirty feet in the shadows of the tunnel near the Via dell'Amore.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:55:39 -0700

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Cinque Terre's stalwart hikers examine their dirty feet in the shadows of the tunnel near the Via dell'Amore.

Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:33:28 -0700

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Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

Cinque Terre: Approaching Manarola.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:47:20 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Approaching Manarola.

Cinque Terre: After breakfast we climbed back out of Vernazza.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:42:21 -0700

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Cinque Terre: After breakfast we climbed back out of Vernazza.

Cinque Terre: Vernazza.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:41:41 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Vernazza.

Cinque Terre: Vernazza steps.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:41:07 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Vernazza steps.

Cinque Terre: Our hotel, the Pasquale in Monterosso...we stayed on the top floor, center window.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:35:02 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Our hotel, the Pasquale in Monterosso...we stayed on the top floor, center window.

Pisa: The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:37:28 -0700

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Pisa: The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Venice: Campanile at dawn. The tower replaces the identical original, which collapsed in 1902.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:53:03 -0700

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Venice: Campanile at dawn. The tower replaces the identical original, which collapsed in 1902.

Verona: The whale bone under Arco della Costa (Arch of the Rib) will drop if someone who's never told a lie walks under it and as a bonus the truth-teller will become King of Verona; it's be ...

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:42:52 -0700

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Verona: The whale bone under Arco della Costa (Arch of the Rib) will drop if someone who's never told a lie walks under it and as a bonus the truth-teller will become King of Verona; it's be ...

The Dolomites: The barn with The Schlern in background.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:04:08 -0700

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The Dolomites: The barn with The Schlern in background.

Varenna: A typical dwelling.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:56:12 -0700

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Varenna: A typical dwelling.

Lake Como

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:47:03 -0700

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Lake Como

Milan: Sforza Castle, exiting the Museo d'Arte Antica. From here we went back to our hotel, grabbed our stuff and went to the train station. On to Varenna and Lake Como!Want to go back to ...

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:01:41 -0700

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Milan: Sforza Castle, exiting the Museo d'Arte Antica. From here we went back to our hotel, grabbed our stuff and went to the train station. On to Varenna and Lake Como!Want to go back to ...

Siena, The Contrade Aquila.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:09:20 -0700

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Siena, The Contrade Aquila.

Milan: On the roof again. That's Rachel posing for me in the center. It being early still, there was lots of room for us to explore.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:01:07 -0700

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Milan: On the roof again. That's Rachel posing for me in the center. It being early still, there was lots of room for us to explore.

Varenna: A view of the cemetery, where you can really see how steep it is. Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:52:27 -0700

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Varenna: A view of the cemetery, where you can really see how steep it is. Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

Lake Como: A walkway right on the lake. Ferries were scurrying back and forth. Were we in heaven? Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:49:58 -0700

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Lake Como: A walkway right on the lake. Ferries were scurrying back and forth. Were we in heaven? Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

The Dolomites: The Schlern at dawn, with the moon above. I got up early to get out and take these; the only sound was distant cowbells.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:41:00 -0700

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The Dolomites: The Schlern at dawn, with the moon above. I got up early to get out and take these; the only sound was distant cowbells.

Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:00:51 -0700

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Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

Assisi: Along Via San Francesco.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:58:25 -0700

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Assisi: Along Via San Francesco.

Assisi: Priests roam past tourists at The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:56:10 -0700

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Assisi: Priests roam past tourists at The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

The Winery: Tenuta le Velette.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:43:35 -0700

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The Winery: Tenuta le Velette.

Venice: Accademia as night falls.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:18:31 -0700

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Venice: Accademia as night falls.

Gondolas at dawn, Venice Italy

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:39:31 -0700

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Gondolas at dawn, Venice Italy

Venice, St Mark's Square.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:56:02 -0700

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Venice, St Mark's Square.

Florence street performer.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:51:49 -0700

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Florence street performer.

Florence, admiring the old church behind Piazzele Michaelangelo.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:01:53 -0700

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Florence, admiring the old church behind Piazzele Michaelangelo.

Dolomites, on the near horizon.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:56:52 -0700

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Dolomites, on the near horizon.

Rome: Michelangelo's Pieta.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:57:58 -0700

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Rome: Michelangelo's Pieta.

Rome: Looking back at the Coliseum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:42:00 -0700

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Rome: Looking back at the Coliseum.

Rome: The Coliseum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:39:57 -0700

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Rome: The Coliseum.

Rome: The Coliseum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:39:06 -0700

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Rome: The Coliseum.

Rome: The Coliseum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:38:47 -0700

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Rome: The Coliseum.

Rome: Pantheon.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:35:51 -0700

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Rome: Pantheon.

Rome: Hall of Maps in the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:30:33 -0700

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Rome: Hall of Maps in the Vatican Museum.

Rome: Hall of Maps in the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:30:14 -0700

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Rome: Hall of Maps in the Vatican Museum.

Rome: Marble dog at the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:27:20 -0700

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Rome: Marble dog at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:27:08 -0700

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Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:26:53 -0700

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Rome: The Laocoon Group at the Vatican Museum.

The Winery: The long road in to and out of Tenuta le Velette. We made our way back to the Farmhouse and another wonderful night's sleep before heading to-- Rome!Want to go back to the beginn ...

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:46:34 -0700

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The Winery: The long road in to and out of Tenuta le Velette. We made our way back to the Farmhouse and another wonderful night's sleep before heading to-- Rome!Want to go back to the beginn ...

The Winery: Tenuta le Velette.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:44:45 -0700

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The Winery: Tenuta le Velette.

The Winery: Tenuta le Velette's underground wine storage.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:39:34 -0700

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The Winery: Tenuta le Velette's underground wine storage.

The Winery: The view from Tenuta le Velette of their vines and Orvieto in the background.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:38:36 -0700

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The Winery: The view from Tenuta le Velette of their vines and Orvieto in the background.

The Winery: The view from Tenuta le Velette of their vines and Orvieto in the background.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:38:02 -0700

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The Winery: The view from Tenuta le Velette of their vines and Orvieto in the background.

Umbria: The Farmhouse cat comes to visit one foggy morning.Let's take a daytrip to Assisi!Want to go back to the beginning?

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:15:07 -0700

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Umbria: The Farmhouse cat comes to visit one foggy morning.Let's take a daytrip to Assisi!Want to go back to the beginning?

Assisi: Arch art along Via di San Francesco.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:45:40 -0700

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Assisi: Arch art along Via di San Francesco.

Assisi: Detail of a frescoe inside Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli's Museo della Porziuncola.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:38:11 -0700

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Assisi: Detail of a frescoe inside Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli's Museo della Porziuncola.

Siena: Torre del Mangia and Town hall as a brief storm threatened.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:51:15 -0700

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Siena: Torre del Mangia and Town hall as a brief storm threatened.

Siena: Looking up at the Duomo's dome.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:48:50 -0700

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Siena: Looking up at the Duomo's dome.

Siena: Detail of one of the marble floor scenes.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:48:34 -0700

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Siena: Detail of one of the marble floor scenes.

Siena: Palazzo Salimbeni building...each of the naves has a head sculpture.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:43:05 -0700

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Siena: Palazzo Salimbeni building...each of the naves has a head sculpture.

Siena: Palazzo Salimbeni, with a statue of Sallustio Bandini.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:42:53 -0700

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Siena: Palazzo Salimbeni, with a statue of Sallustio Bandini.

Siena: A Siena narrow street with the Contrade Aquila flag.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:41:32 -0700

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Siena: A Siena narrow street with the Contrade Aquila flag.

Siena: Campanile, built in 1313.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:38:01 -0700

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Siena: Campanile, built in 1313.

Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:33:17 -0700

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Siena: Torre del Mangia from inside the Town hall.

Siena: The view out our hotel room window.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:31:50 -0700

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Siena: The view out our hotel room window.

Cinque Terre: Monterosso.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:52:44 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Monterosso.

Cinque Terre: Looking down at the Cinque Terre trail nude beach, Guvano Beach.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:44:46 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Looking down at the Cinque Terre trail nude beach, Guvano Beach.

Cinque Terre: Vernazza, with the tower of the church of Santa Margherita di Antochia in the foreground, and the Belforte castle and tower in the background.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:40:43 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Vernazza, with the tower of the church of Santa Margherita di Antochia in the foreground, and the Belforte castle and tower in the background.

Cinque Terre: Vernazza.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:40:17 -0700

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Cinque Terre: Vernazza.

Florence: The tour group bathed in sunlight in the Santa Croce church.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:08:37 -0700

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Florence: The tour group bathed in sunlight in the Santa Croce church.

Venice: St Mark's Basilica detail of one of the front mosaics depicting the life of St Mark.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:00:52 -0700

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Venice: St Mark's Basilica detail of one of the front mosaics depicting the life of St Mark.

Venice: Evening Grand Canal view.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:51:42 -0700

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Venice: Evening Grand Canal view.

Venice: A narrow canal. Gondoliers negotiate some pretty tight waters.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:51:13 -0700

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Venice: A narrow canal. Gondoliers negotiate some pretty tight waters.

Verona: Amphitheatre wall.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:46:48 -0700

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Verona: Amphitheatre wall.

Verona: Love notes left in the Romeo and Juliet courtyard.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:42:37 -0700

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Verona: Love notes left in the Romeo and Juliet courtyard.

Verona: Love notes left in the Romeo and Juliet courtyard, the home of the Capuleti, which Shakespeare based his play on.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:40:58 -0700

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Verona: Love notes left in the Romeo and Juliet courtyard, the home of the Capuleti, which Shakespeare based his play on.

The Dolomites: Not sure what the fences were supposed to do, but they help make a nice photograph!

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:09:48 -0700

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The Dolomites: Not sure what the fences were supposed to do, but they help make a nice photograph!

The Dolomites: Yep, even the cows are cool.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:09:22 -0700

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The Dolomites: Yep, even the cows are cool.

The Dolomites: Another sign to let us know we were on the right track. Hopefully!

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:08:15 -0700

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The Dolomites: Another sign to let us know we were on the right track. Hopefully!

The Dolomites: The Schlern at dawn as the sun finally hits it.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:06:54 -0700

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The Dolomites: The Schlern at dawn as the sun finally hits it.

The Dolomites: Looking into the sun.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:04:18 -0700

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The Dolomites: Looking into the sun.

The Dolomites: Dandelions everywhere in the grass.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:03:51 -0700

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The Dolomites: Dandelions everywhere in the grass.

Lake Como: The view directly down from the tower at Castello di Vezio. Built in the 1300s, nicely preserved.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:52:11 -0700

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Lake Como: The view directly down from the tower at Castello di Vezio. Built in the 1300s, nicely preserved.

Varenna: From the cemetery we began to hike further up, and stopped to catch our breath and view the beautiful lake.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:49:53 -0700

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Varenna: From the cemetery we began to hike further up, and stopped to catch our breath and view the beautiful lake.

Milan: inside the Sforza Castle museum, Museo d'Arte Antica. Every room's ceiling was unique.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:59:26 -0700

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Milan: inside the Sforza Castle museum, Museo d'Arte Antica. Every room's ceiling was unique.

Milan: Duomo. Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:52:24 -0700

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Milan: Duomo. Buy this picture from Photographica for as low as $ 2.95

Milan: There are 135 spires reaching for the sky on this cathedral.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:49:27 -0700

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Milan: There are 135 spires reaching for the sky on this cathedral.

Milan: Duomo.

nobody@smugmug.com (austinspace) — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:48:34 -0700

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Milan: Duomo.

Milan: We arrived in Milan via bus from the airport, which dropped us off at the Train station, where we bought our tickets for the trip to Varenna two days later. This is looking up at the ...

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Milan: We arrived in Milan via bus from the airport, which dropped us off at the Train station, where we bought our tickets for the trip to Varenna two days later. This is looking up at the ...